How to play G major scale on piccolo, notes, finger placement chart, and concert tips

The G major scale on piccolo is the scale of the key of G or one sharp. This implies that its tonic note is G. G major is relative to the key of E minor, parallel to the key of G minor, dominant to the key of D major, and subdominant to the key of C major. Below is a two octaves scale of G major on piccolo and how it sounds;

How to play the G major scale on the piccolo, its notes, and finger placement chat

You can only play a G major scale of two octaves on the piccolo, being between the ranges of G4 to G6. You need to use a finger placement chart or a particular pattern to play the G major scale on the piccolo. Below is a guide and finger chart of how to play the G major scale on the piccolo;

First octave G major scale notes (G4 – G5) finger placement chart for piccolo

To play the first octave (G4 – G5) G major scale on the piccolo, you have to sharpen one note out of the seven notes you should play and that note is the F note. Your finger placement needs to be accurate in other to produce a perfect scale.

Second octave G major scale notes (G5 – G6) finger placement chart for piccolo

To play the second octave (G5 – G6) G major scale on the piccolo, you have to sharpen one note out of the seven notes you should play and that note is the F note. Your finger placement needs to be accurate in other to produce a perfect scale. Learning the scale might be hard for beginners. You will also have to tighten your lips to produce higher-pitched notes.

Concert G major scale

While playing the G major scale, or playing a composition written in G major for the piccolo in a concert, you will have to sharpen the F note unless where indicated to be naturalized. This means that all notes except the F note are played naturally while playing this scale on the concert piccolo, Indian or Bansuri piccolo, Native American piccolo, pan piccolo, Arabian piccolo, and any other piccolo.

If you play an alto piccolo or any other transposable piccolo, you can play the G major scale without any transposition. But while running the G major scale with another instrument that is not transposable, you will then have to transpose to the right key in other to sound the same with them in pitch.

G major scale piccolo notes and arpeggio

The G major scale can be played up to two octaves on a C piccolo, the standard concert piccolo. The first note of this scale on the C piccolo is the G note on the second line of the treble clef which in the range is the G4.

The notes or alphabets that you will play to get this scale correctly include; G, A, B, C, D, E, F♯, G. The two-octave arpeggio of this scale has its notes as G, B, D, G, B, D, G, D, B, G, D, B, G.

G major scale piccolo notes and arpeggio

Notable piccolo compositions in G major

11 piccolo Sonatas by Johann Benda
2 Duos pour 2 Flûtes Op.148 by Joseph Küffner
2 piccolo Duets by Sebastian Bodinus
3 piccolo Quartets WoO 35 by Ferdinand Ries
3 Pieces for piccolo and Cello by Edgar Girtain IV
32 Variations for piccolo Quartet in G major Op.57 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
4 Intermezzi for piccolo, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon by Joseph Lauber
6 piccolo Quartets by Johann Matthias Sperger
6 piccolo Quartets by Friedrich Hartmann Graf
Air varié for piccolo and Guitar Op.18 by Carl Andreas Göpfert
Air Varié pour Flûte et Guitare No.6 Op.41 by Tranquille Berbiguier
Air Varié pour Flûte et Guitare No.9 Op.56 by Tranquille Berbiguier
Capriccio for 2 piccolos and Strings Op.13 by Leoš Soustružník
Concertante for piccolo, Violin and Orchestra by Anton Reicha
Concertino for 2 piccolos in G major MWV 10.32 by Johann Melchior Molter
Concertino for piccolo and 2 Violas da gamba in G major MWV 9.22 by Johann Melchior Molter
Concertino for piccolo, Violin and Viola in G major MWV 9.17 by Johann Melchior Molter
Concerto for 2 piccolos and 2 Horns in G major MWV 5.19 by Johann Melchior Molter
Concerto for 2 piccolos and Bassoon TWV 53:G1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for 2 piccolos and Strings by Siegfried Strohbach
Concerto for 2 piccolos in G major D-Dl Mus.2-O-20 (Anonymous)
Concerto for 2 piccolos in G major G.1077 by Domenico Cimarosa
Concerto for 2 piccolos in G major GWV 330 by Christoph Graupner
Concerto for 2 piccolos in G major GWV 331 by Christoph Graupner
Concerto for 2 piccolos in G major QV 6:7 by Johann Joachim Quantz
Concerto for piccolo and 2 Violins, TWV 51:AnhG1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for piccolo and Clarinet, Op.200 by Cyril Plante
Concerto for piccolo and Guitar by Ferdinando Carulli
Concerto for piccolo and Oboe in G major by Anton Stamitz
Concerto for piccolo and Oboe, FaWV L:G8 by Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for piccolo d’amore, Oboe d’amore and Viola d’amore in G major, GWV 333 by Christoph Graupner
Concerto for piccolo, Bass Clarinet and Strings by Stephen Potter
Concerto for piccolo, Violin, and Orchestra, H.252 by Bohuslav Martinů
Concerto for Violin, piccolo, Bassoon and Continuo by Balthasar Villicus
Divertimento for Piano and piccolo, Op.62 by Ferdinand Ries
Duet for 2 piccolos and 2 Violas, Op.3056 by Stephen W. Beatty
Duet for English Horn and Alto piccolo in G major, Op.2403 by Stephen W. Beatty
Duet for piccolo and Baritone Saxophone in G major, Op.2846 by Stephen W. Beatty
Duet for piccolo and Bassoon in G major, Op.2395 by Stephen W. Beatty
Duet for piccolo and Cello in G major, Op.2790 by Stephen W. Beatty
Duet for piccolo and Harpsichord in G major, Op.2952 by Stephen W. Beatty
Duet for piccolo and Viola in G major, Op.2657 by Stephen W. Beatty
Duet for piccolo and Violin in G major by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
Fantaisie for piccolo and Piano, Op.15 by Eugène Walckiers
Fantasy for piccolo and Piano, Op.24 by Karol Scholl
piccolo Concertino No.2 by Charles Nicholson
piccolo Concerto by Josef Willibald Michl
piccolo Concerto by Johann Matthias Sperger
piccolo Concerto in G major by Casimir Anton Cartellieri
piccolo Concerto in G major by Carlo Cecere
piccolo Concerto in G major by Christian Ludwig Dieter
piccolo Concerto in G major by Johann Anton Filtz
piccolo Concerto in G major by Christoph Förster
piccolo Concerto in G major by Christoph Willibald Gluck
piccolo Concerto in G major by Ignaz Holzbauer
piccolo Concerto in G major by Christian Gottfried Krause
piccolo Concerto in G major by Johann Wilhelm Leeder
piccolo Concerto in G major by Alessio Prati
piccolo Concerto in G major by Vincenzo Righini
piccolo Concerto in G major by Giuseppe Sellitto
piccolo Concerto in G major by Mathias Stabinger
piccolo Concerto in G major by Jiří Čart
piccolo Concerto in G major 1 by Simoni dall Croubelis
piccolo Concerto in G major 2 by Simoni dall Croubelis
piccolo Concerto in G major, D-KA Mus. Hs. 1018 by Anonymous
piccolo Concerto in G major, E-Mn MP/3174/7 by Anonymous
piccolo Concerto in G major, GraunWV D:XIII:176 by Johann Gottlieb Graun
piccolo Concerto in G major, GraunWV D:XIII:178 by Johann Gottlieb Graun
piccolo Concerto in G major, GroF 1200 by Johan Agrell
piccolo Concerto in G major, GroF 1644 by Johan Agrell
piccolo Concerto in G major, GroF 2143 by Johan Agrell
piccolo Concerto in G major, GroF 244 by Johann Adolph Hasse
piccolo Concerto in G major, GroF 2480 by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
piccolo Concerto in G major, GroF 441 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
piccolo Concerto in G major GroF 442 by Hoffmeister Franz Anton
piccolo Concerto in G major GroF 444 by Hoffmeister Franz Anton
piccolo Concerto in G major GroF 604 by Ciurache Giovanni
piccolo Concerto in G major GroF 680 by Adam Johann
piccolo Concerto in G major Grof 824 by Stamitz Johann
piccolo Concerto in G major GT 1.A18a by Tartini Giuseppe
piccolo Concerto in G major GWV 329 by Graupner Christoph
piccolo Concerto in G major H.445 by Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel
piccolo Concerto in G major K.313/285c by Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus
piccolo Concerto in G major L2.11 by Benda Franz
piccolo Concerto in G major LorB 312 by Benda Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich
piccolo Concerto in G major LorB 313 by Benda Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich
piccolo Concerto in G major MWV 6.15 by Molter Johann Melchior
piccolo Concerto in G major MWV 6.16 by Molter Johann Melchior
piccolo Concerto in G major Op.12 by Schneider Georg Abraham
piccolo Concerto in G major Op.2 by Hartmann Christian Karl
piccolo Concerto in G major Op.20 by Stamitz Carl Philipp
piccolo Concerto in G major Op.29 by Stamitz Carl Philipp
piccolo Concerto in G major Op.3 by Garnier Joseph-François
piccolo Concerto in G major Op.3 No.11 by Hasse Johann Adolph
piccolo Concerto in G major Op.6 by Müller August Eberhard
piccolo Concerto in G major P.33 by Pergolesi Giovanni Battista
piccolo Concerto in G major QV 5:169 by Quantz Johann Joachim
piccolo Concerto in G major QV 5:173 by Quantz Johann Joachim
piccolo Concerto in G major QV 5:174 by Quantz Johann Joachim
piccolo Concerto in G major by Johann Joachim Quantz, QV 5:189
piccolo Concerto in G major by Antonio Vivaldi, RV 435
piccolo Concerto in G major by Antonio Vivaldi, RV 436
piccolo Concerto in G major by Antonio Vivaldi, RV 437
piccolo Concerto in G major by Antonio Vivaldi, RV 438
piccolo Concerto in G major by Johann Adolph Scheibe, SchW A1:007
piccolo Concerto in G major by Carl Friedrich Abel, WK 50
piccolo Concerto in G major by Georg Christoph Wagenseil, WV 347
piccolo Concerto No.1 in G major by Frederick II
piccolo Concerto No.1 in G major by Christian Karl Hartmann
piccolo Concerto No.1 in G major by Antoine Hugot
piccolo Concerto No.1 in G major by Tommaso Prota
piccolo Concerto No.1 in G major by Othon-Joseph Vandenbroek
piccolo Concerto No.1 in G major by Amand Vanderhagen
piccolo Concerto No.1, Op.30 by Franz Krommer
piccolo Concerto No.2 by Friedrich Hartmann Graf
piccolo Concerto No.2 in G major by Frederick II
piccolo Concerto No.2 in G major by Tommaso Prota
piccolo Concerto No.2 In G major, Op.20 by Oliver Wilder Welles
piccolo Concerto No.3 in G major by François Devienne
piccolo Concerto No.3 in G major by Christian Karl Hartmann
piccolo Concerto, FaWV deest by Johann Friedrich Fasch
piccolo Concerto, Op.13 by Franz Christoph Neubauer
piccolo Concerto, TWV 51:G1 by Georg Philipp Telemann
piccolo Duo, Op.85 by Joseph Küffner
piccolo Fantasia in G major Op.2 by Andreas Traeg
piccolo Quartet by Dietmar Pfeifer
piccolo Quartet in G major by Joseph Drechsler
piccolo Quartet in G major DTB XV/1.10 by Carl Joseph Toeschi
piccolo Quartet in G major K.285a by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
piccolo Quartet in G major M.C III:12 by Johann Matthias Sperger
piccolo Quartet in G major M.C III:13 by Johann Matthias Sperger
piccolo Quartet in G major M.C III:18 by Johann Matthias Sperger
piccolo Quartet in G major Op.1 No.2 by Christian Cannabich
piccolo Quartet in G major Op.18 by Carlo Michele Alessio Sola
piccolo Quartet in G major Op.5 by János Fusz
piccolo Quartet in G major Op.5 No.5 by Friedrich Hartmann Graf
piccolo Quartet No.2 Op.38 by Friedrich Ernst Fesca
piccolo Quartet No.3 in G major by Joseph Kreutzer
piccolo Quartet No.3 Op.79 by Traugott Maximilian Eberwein
piccolo Quartet Op.19 by Anton Reicha
piccolo Quartet Op.21 by Peter Hänsel
piccolo Quartet Op.44 by Charles Kreith
piccolo Quartet Op.52 by Luigi Gianella
piccolo Quartet Op.84 by Ferdinand Thieriot
piccolo Quartet Op.92 by Franz Krommer
piccolo Quintet in G major by Bernhard Romberg
piccolo Quintet in G major H.5905/2 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
piccolo Quintet in G major Op.54 by Georg Abraham Schneider
piccolo Quintet Op.101 by Franz Krommer
piccolo Sonata in A major QV 1:145 by Johann Joachim Quantz
piccolo Sonata in G major by Johan Henrik Freithoff
piccolo Sonata in G major by Friedrich Hartmann Graf
piccolo Sonata in G major by Johann Adolph Hasse
piccolo Sonata in G major by Louis-Emmanuel Jadin
piccolo Sonata in G major by Johann Philipp Kirnberger
piccolo Sonata in G major by Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf
piccolo Sonata in G major by Fortunato Riedel
piccolo Sonata in G major by Friedrich Wilhelm Riedt
piccolo Sonata in G major by Filippo Ruge
piccolo Sonata in G major by Giuseppe Sammartini
piccolo Sonata in G major by Jiří Čart
piccolo Sonata in G Major by Jiří Čart
piccolo Sonata in G major D-B Mus.ms.18500/10 by Friedrich Wilhelm Riedt
piccolo Sonata in G major D-KA Mus. Hs. 1112 by Anonymous
piccolo Sonata in G major D-KA Mus. Hs. 1113 by Anonymous
piccolo Sonata in G major D-RH Ms 987 by Anonymous
piccolo Sonata in G major GWV 708 by Christoph Graupner
piccolo Sonata in G major H.550 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
piccolo Sonata in G major H.564 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
piccolo Sonata in G major HWV 363b by George Frideric Handel
piccolo Sonata in G major L.642.b by Georg Benda
piccolo Sonata in G major Op.1 No.3 by Martin Friedrich Cannabich
piccolo Sonata in G major Op.1 No.6 by Anna Bon

piccolo Sonata in G major, Op.58 No.5 by Devienne François
piccolo Sonata in G major, Op.6 No.1 by Nicolai Johann Gottlieb
piccolo Sonata in G major, PB 325 by Boismortier Bodin de Joseph
piccolo Sonata in G major, QV 1:105 by Quantz Johann Joachim
piccolo Sonata in G major, QV 1:109 by Quantz Johann Joachim
piccolo Sonata in G major by Frederick II SpiF 38
piccolo Sonata in G major by Frederick II SpiF 41
piccolo Sonata in G major by Frederick II SpiF 65
piccolo Sonata in G major WV 514 by Georg Christoph Wagenseil
piccolo Sonata No.5 in G major Gjedde coll. by Martin Ræhs
piccolo Sonata Op.18 by Niels Peter Jensen
piccolo Sonata Op.48 by Ferdinand Ries
piccolo Sonata Op.69 by Friedrich Kuhlau
piccolo Sonata Op.87 by Ferdinand Ries
piccolo Sonata TWV 41:G9 by Georg Philipp Telemann
piccolo Sonatina Op.2 by José Ramón Hernández Bellido
piccolo Trio in G major by Wolfgang Kirmayr
piccolo Trio in G major by Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
piccolo Trio in G major Op.142 by Leonhard von Call
piccolo Trio in G major Op.29 by Johann Anton André
piccolo Trio in G major Op.33 by Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski
piccolo Trio Op.24 by Kaspar Kummer
piccolo Trio Op.72 by Kaspar Kummer
Grand piccolo Trio No.2 Op.9 by John Clinton
Grand solo pour flûte et alto by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
Grande Serenade sentimentale pour piccolo et Guitare Op.99 by Anton Diabelli
Minuet for piccolo by Jordan Murray Holloway
Notturno for piccolo Quartet No.3 Op.26 by Adalbert Gyrowetz
Piece for piccolo and Piano in G major by Roman Uhlár
Polonaise for piccolo and Piano Op.25 by Karol Scholl
Quartet for 2 piccolos Guitar and Viola Op.94 by Joseph Küffner
Quartet for piccolo Bassoon Euphonium and Viola Op.2722 by Stephen W. Beatty
Quartet for piccolo Clarinet Viola and Cello Op.2916 by Stephen W. Beatty
Romance for piccolo and Piano Op.119 by Salomon Jadassohn
Romance for piccolo and Piano Op.41 by Georges Brun
Quintett for piccolo Oboe Violin Viola and Cello by Ignaz von Beecke
Quartet for piccolo Oboe Bassoon and Cello in G major Op.3061 by Stephen W. Beatty
Quartet for Piano piccolo Viola and Cello MJ 13 by Tobias Haslinger
Scherzo for the piccolos by Thomas James Crawford
Serenade for piccolo and Guitar Op.20 by Joseph Küffner
Serenade for piccolo Bassoon Viola and Guitar Op.9 by Anton Bernhard Fürstenau
Serenade for piccolo Viola and Guitar Op.2 by Joseph Küffner
Serenade in G major for piccolo and Harp by Nicholas Charles Bochsa
Serenade pour deux flûtes Op.6 by Antonín Bayer
Serenade pour Flûte et Guitarre Op.128 by Leonhard von Call
Sonata for 2 Guitars and piccolo Op.11 by Carl Andreas Göpfert
Sonata for 3 piccolos in G major PB 257 by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Sonata for piccolo and Guitar Op.103 by Leonhard von Call
Sonata for piccolo and Harp Mn.87 by Lukas Florczak
Sonata for piccolo or Violin and Continuo by Johann Martin Blockwitz

Sonata for piccolo Solo in G major by Michael Janusch
Suite No.1 for 2 piccolos by Michel de La Barre
Sérénade en Duo pour Guitare et Flûte, Op.136 by Leonhard von Call
Theme and 6 Variations for piccolo and Violin by Johann Baptist Vanhal
Trio for 2 piccolos and Guitar, Op.15 by Kaspar Fürstenau
Trio for 2 piccolos and Harp in G major by Marco Anzoletti
Trio for piccolo, Violin and Piano by Kishio Hirao
Trio for Piano and 2 piccolos, Op.119 by Friedrich Kuhlau
Trio for Piano, piccolo and Bassoon, WoO 37 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Variations for 2 piccolos and Guitar, Op.68 by Leonhard von Call
Variations for piccolo Quartet in G major by Franz Anton Hoffmeister
Variations for the piccolo with Accompaniment by Johann Andreas Amon
Variations pour flûte et guitare, Op.55 by Kaspar Kummer
Variations pour guitare et flûte, No.20 by Leonhard von Call