With the high Bb, it's played with the pinky down which is probably why it wouldn't come out for you that good. But the higher you go on piccolo you want to relax a little because it will help with the high notes coming out a lot easier and it will get rid of the spitting noise. But good video! I like arpeggios.
Yes, you've told me this before... And like I said, this is from September of last year, where I barely remembered how to do it. Since them, I've discovered I can play up to the fourth octave D. On both flute and piccolo. And I've improved overall with the spitting noise and such. This was back when I was only like, half a year into my picc. playing. Now, I'm about a year or so there, and play like 3201942 times better. >.< And arpeggios are wonderful<3 They're my favourite.
One more slight tip to improve your piccolo playing. When you play, you tilt your head to the left and your embouchure is moved to the left which isn't helping with your tone or how you are able to get notes out. Look in a mirror and just try to keep your head straight that way you are able to keep your embouchure centered and make a great tone.
Your embouchure is way too pinched. When playing piccolo you have to have a firm embouchure while having some relaxation to make your lips much more flexible to allow the notes to come out with ease. The elephant noise you made is simply beacuse your too pinched and your embouchure isn't flexible. Really just work on relaxing your mouth and warm up really good, starting with low notes, and just making sure that you are getting a good tone while not pinching.
I address the elephant noise later, in one of my videos. This is for TEACHING PEOPLE. I am confident in my playing... I have taught others. I know I personally, do not tilt my head to the left when playing, It may look like that on camera, but in real life I don't. That and it looks to the left, because I am reading notes that are on the left side of the camera, so thus, it looks i'm playing left.
on the first octave my b, c and d come out sounding fine, but my e, f, g, and a sound wierd. It has the right sound of the note but there's also this noise as if air is escaping out of some other place, a whsipy kind of sound (sorry if you don't understand me, i'm bad at describing)
do you have any suggestions what i could be doing wrong
It could be the alignment of the keys, it could be the pads are too old and worn down and need to be replaced, there's any number of reasons why it might not sound right. I personally, by the description, don't think it's you, I think it's the piccolo.
I definitely can! I've been trying to upload more flute videos. But they're only songs, not actual lessons. I'll make more videos on lessons for flute if you'd like though? (:
Ah, I've only been playing for less than a year. I've gotten the first octave D out like two weeks into it. :\
My tips: relax your embouchure. Basically, put it loosest as possible. It even took me a bit to work on it. But with practice, you can get it(: Have faith and hope!(:
[[btw, i think I have another video strictly on low notes?]]
Hahaa no problem. I upload lesson videos all the time. So just give me a suggestion on a lesson (something you might need help with/need improvement on) and I'll attempt to help(:
or a song(: I'll constantly be updating my channel on which songs i might be thinking of doing(: But yeah. Thanks for watching and glad i could help!(:
My band teacher wants the flutes in marching band which one of them is me to start playing piccolo and i can't play Eb on it and just having issues could you help please??
Vibrato is fun, but on piccolo is pretty hard. I can do one for flute if you want?(: On my next recording day (i know i said that last time, but i was oh so rudely interrupted by my mother last time)
You wanna tune on second octave Bb. Like the concert Bb (the higher Bb on this scale) But if your director tunes on F, then tune on that. I just prefer Bb because most concerts tune to Bb, and it's just a good note to tune to others with considering most music is made to be tuned to Bb. But if everybody else is tuned to F and you're tuned to Bb, then it will sound weird. So basically tune to whatever everybody else is tuned to.
@BandFreak98 Hahaaa, i have that happen to me all the time too still. Usually on the higher notes. But, as you get accustomed to the piccolo, you'll stop making it as much(:
So I was useing my ipod tuner and it said my bflat ,first one on the scale, was flat and the b flat up an octive was sharp. Is it just my ipod or the piccolo?
it could be just the way you were playing it. I usually tune by ear, (something that takes a while to learn, but for some reason it came easy to me?) so i don't know. there's also online tuners that say my piccolo isn't "in tune" when it really is. So i guess it's all just the program. As for the piccolo, never blame the piccolo. Unless if your piccolo is broken. But it won't make one note flat, then the octave higher version of that note sharp. especially when ...
I'll attempt to remember to bring home my flute from my school (i keep it safe there(; ...) and i'll make the same one just in flute(: in fact, it's easier with flute(: Picc. is a hard tuning instrument!
I love you! You are great! Thank you so much for that. I wanna play the piccolo so on Wendsay I get to see if I can make a sound. Could you make a video for how to hold the piccolo on ur mouth? I just don't get how to put ur lips on the head of it. Thank you.
Haha i love you too! And thanks(: Haha good luck with the piccolo situation, if you can play the flute, you can most likely at least make the Bb scale on your first day.(:
As for putting the piccolo to your mouth; check the embouchure video out. I''ll tagg you in a comment there(: It'll teach you all about that lovely hott mess(:
Haha i love you too! And thanks(: Haha good luck with the piccolo situation, if you can play the flute, you can most likely at least make the Bb scale on your first day.(:
As for putting the piccolo to your mouth; check the embouchure video out. I''ll tagg you in a comment there(: It'll teach you all about that lovely hott mess(:
I am trying to choose between instruments xS I played guitar but i would like to play a blow instrument , piccolo looks fun . But i am not sure plz help
I am trying to choose between instruments xS I played guitar but i would like to play a blow instrument , piccolo looks fun . But i am not sure plz help
Piccolo is super easy if you know flute. So i'd suggest learning flute then switching later to piccolo. Starting straight off to piccolo without background knowledge of blowing into instruments will definitely be hard. But you can try it(: Ask your local band if you can attempt to blow into a piccolo. The teacher or instructor will know if it sounds right.(:
Thanks for commenting, and hope this helped. If not, reply and i'll always comment back.
I am trying to choose between instruments xS I played guitar but i would like to play a blow instrument , piccolo looks fun . But i am not sure plz help
With the high Bb, it's played with the pinky down which is probably why it wouldn't come out for you that good. But the higher you go on piccolo you want to relax a little because it will help with the high notes coming out a lot easier and it will get rid of the spitting noise. But good video! I like arpeggios.
BandGeek55100 1 month ago
@BandGeek55100
Yes, you've told me this before... And like I said, this is from September of last year, where I barely remembered how to do it. Since them, I've discovered I can play up to the fourth octave D. On both flute and piccolo. And I've improved overall with the spitting noise and such. This was back when I was only like, half a year into my picc. playing. Now, I'm about a year or so there, and play like 3201942 times better. >.< And arpeggios are wonderful<3 They're my favourite.
PickOfThePiccs 1 month ago
One more slight tip to improve your piccolo playing. When you play, you tilt your head to the left and your embouchure is moved to the left which isn't helping with your tone or how you are able to get notes out. Look in a mirror and just try to keep your head straight that way you are able to keep your embouchure centered and make a great tone.
BandGeek55100 1 month ago
Your embouchure is way too pinched. When playing piccolo you have to have a firm embouchure while having some relaxation to make your lips much more flexible to allow the notes to come out with ease. The elephant noise you made is simply beacuse your too pinched and your embouchure isn't flexible. Really just work on relaxing your mouth and warm up really good, starting with low notes, and just making sure that you are getting a good tone while not pinching.
BandGeek55100 1 month ago
@BandGeek55100
I address the elephant noise later, in one of my videos. This is for TEACHING PEOPLE. I am confident in my playing... I have taught others. I know I personally, do not tilt my head to the left when playing, It may look like that on camera, but in real life I don't. That and it looks to the left, because I am reading notes that are on the left side of the camera, so thus, it looks i'm playing left.
PickOfThePiccs 1 month ago
on the first octave my b, c and d come out sounding fine, but my e, f, g, and a sound wierd. It has the right sound of the note but there's also this noise as if air is escaping out of some other place, a whsipy kind of sound (sorry if you don't understand me, i'm bad at describing)
do you have any suggestions what i could be doing wrong
SoulWingz 1 month ago
@SoulWingz
It could be the alignment of the keys, it could be the pads are too old and worn down and need to be replaced, there's any number of reasons why it might not sound right. I personally, by the description, don't think it's you, I think it's the piccolo.
PickOfThePiccs 1 month ago
@PickOfThePiccs thanks!!!
SoulWingz 1 month ago
@SoulWingz
no problemm!!(:
PickOfThePiccs 1 month ago
Can you please make flute videos? I know you said that there kind of the same things, but i just want to be on the right side. haha thanks
SuperNickman11 2 months ago
@SuperNickman11
I definitely can! I've been trying to upload more flute videos. But they're only songs, not actual lessons. I'll make more videos on lessons for flute if you'd like though? (:
PickOfThePiccs 2 months ago
WELL I'VE BEEN PLAYING PICCOLO FOR 4 YRS AND I STILL CAN'T GET A NICE SOUND ON THE LOWEST D NOTE.
BSMMLW 3 months ago
@BSMMLW
Ah, I've only been playing for less than a year. I've gotten the first octave D out like two weeks into it. :\
My tips: relax your embouchure. Basically, put it loosest as possible. It even took me a bit to work on it. But with practice, you can get it(: Have faith and hope!(:
[[btw, i think I have another video strictly on low notes?]]
PickOfThePiccs 3 months ago
thank you for this, i just started piccolo and i couldnt figure out what a low note was supposed to sound like
freddie461000 3 months ago
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freddie461000 3 months ago
@freddie461000
Hahaa no problem. I upload lesson videos all the time. So just give me a suggestion on a lesson (something you might need help with/need improvement on) and I'll attempt to help(:
or a song(: I'll constantly be updating my channel on which songs i might be thinking of doing(: But yeah. Thanks for watching and glad i could help!(:
PickOfThePiccs 3 months ago
My band teacher wants the flutes in marching band which one of them is me to start playing piccolo and i can't play Eb on it and just having issues could you help please??
Thanks!
iluvmyphone1011 3 months ago
@iluvmyphone1011
Eb on the second or third octave?
PickOfThePiccs 3 months ago
@PickOfThePiccs The second one i haven't even attempted the 3rd one yet
iluvmyphone1011 3 months ago
im pretty late but thanks i almost think i got the vibrato down but my waves are slow not faster like its supposed to be
ForeverHeartMusic 4 months ago
@ForeverHeartMusic
Vibrato is fun, but on piccolo is pretty hard. I can do one for flute if you want?(: On my next recording day (i know i said that last time, but i was oh so rudely interrupted by my mother last time)
PickOfThePiccs 4 months ago
thanks and can you do a lesson on flute/piccolo vibrato?
ForeverHeartMusic 4 months ago
@ForeverHeartMusic
Lmfaoo, put it this way. vibrato on piccolo=super hard. vibrato on flute=i can attempt.
I'll do it next time i go for a video shoot day.(: I don't know if i can still vibrato with my new tongue piercing but i can sure try my darndest.
PickOfThePiccs 4 months ago
im a flutist changing to piccolo about next month tips, advice? i always tune on f
ForeverHeartMusic 4 months ago
@ForeverHeartMusic
You wanna tune on second octave Bb. Like the concert Bb (the higher Bb on this scale) But if your director tunes on F, then tune on that. I just prefer Bb because most concerts tune to Bb, and it's just a good note to tune to others with considering most music is made to be tuned to Bb. But if everybody else is tuned to F and you're tuned to Bb, then it will sound weird. So basically tune to whatever everybody else is tuned to.
PickOfThePiccs 4 months ago
@ForeverHeartMusic
As for advice, the best i can say is to look at the lesson videos.(:
All my videos are basically advice to playing piccolo and perfecting the skill. I mean, nobody's perfect but there's always room for improvement.(:
All my lesson videos are usually stated Lesson, if not, it's the ones that dong have a song title in it xD
I do wish you luck though.(: Getting the basics down are easy, but perfecting it is the harder part.
PickOfThePiccs 4 months ago
im a flutis
ForeverHeartMusic 4 months ago
@ForeverHeartMusic
*Flautist. But yay(:
PickOfThePiccs 4 months ago
And that elephant noise happeneds to me all the time!!
BandFreak98 5 months ago
@BandFreak98 Hahaaa, i have that happen to me all the time too still. Usually on the higher notes. But, as you get accustomed to the piccolo, you'll stop making it as much(:
PickOfThePiccs 5 months ago
So I was useing my ipod tuner and it said my bflat ,first one on the scale, was flat and the b flat up an octive was sharp. Is it just my ipod or the piccolo?
BandFreak98 5 months ago
@BandFreak98
it could be just the way you were playing it. I usually tune by ear, (something that takes a while to learn, but for some reason it came easy to me?) so i don't know. there's also online tuners that say my piccolo isn't "in tune" when it really is. So i guess it's all just the program. As for the piccolo, never blame the piccolo. Unless if your piccolo is broken. But it won't make one note flat, then the octave higher version of that note sharp. especially when ...
PickOfThePiccs 5 months ago
@PickOfThePiccs whenit's the same fingerings
PickOfThePiccs 5 months ago
@PickOfThePiccs thanks
BandFreak98 4 months ago
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Irockhard93 5 months ago in playlist More videos from PickOfThePiccs
@Irockhard93
Hahaa it still told me what you wrote, and what did you mean? Like a real flute? As in, make one of these, but with flute?(:?
PickOfThePiccs 5 months ago
@PickOfThePiccs yea please and lol
Irockhard93 5 months ago
@Irockhard93
Hahaa i can try(:
I'll attempt to remember to bring home my flute from my school (i keep it safe there(; ...) and i'll make the same one just in flute(: in fact, it's easier with flute(: Picc. is a hard tuning instrument!
PickOfThePiccs 5 months ago
I love you! You are great! Thank you so much for that. I wanna play the piccolo so on Wendsay I get to see if I can make a sound. Could you make a video for how to hold the piccolo on ur mouth? I just don't get how to put ur lips on the head of it. Thank you.
BandFreak98 5 months ago
@BandFreak98
Haha i love you too! And thanks(: Haha good luck with the piccolo situation, if you can play the flute, you can most likely at least make the Bb scale on your first day.(:
As for putting the piccolo to your mouth; check the embouchure video out. I''ll tagg you in a comment there(: It'll teach you all about that lovely hott mess(:
Thanks for watching && Commenting(:
PickOfThePiccs 5 months ago
@BandFreak98
Haha i love you too! And thanks(: Haha good luck with the piccolo situation, if you can play the flute, you can most likely at least make the Bb scale on your first day.(:
As for putting the piccolo to your mouth; check the embouchure video out. I''ll tagg you in a comment there(: It'll teach you all about that lovely hott mess(:
Thanks for watching && Commenting(:
PickOfThePiccs 5 months ago
@PickOfThePiccs Why do you wanna tune on hight bflat? Also how do you go high on the piccolo?
BandFreak98 5 months ago
@BandFreak98
You wanna tune to high Bb because it's the same note you tune to on flute. The piccolo is the same as the flute but just a soprano version of it.
And for higher notes, you wanna push more air through the instrument, and you wanna tighten your embouchure. (:
PickOfThePiccs 5 months ago
@PickOfThePiccs Ok thanks I will tell you about Wendsay and how that goes.
BandFreak98 5 months ago
@BandFreak98
Haha alrighty and no problem at all.
I can't wait to hear how you did(:
PickOfThePiccs 5 months ago
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I am trying to choose between instruments xS I played guitar but i would like to play a blow instrument , piccolo looks fun . But i am not sure plz help
ShadowWowExp 5 months ago
I am trying to choose between instruments xS I played guitar but i would like to play a blow instrument , piccolo looks fun . But i am not sure plz help
ShadowWowExp 5 months ago
@ShadowWowExp
Piccolo is super easy if you know flute. So i'd suggest learning flute then switching later to piccolo. Starting straight off to piccolo without background knowledge of blowing into instruments will definitely be hard. But you can try it(: Ask your local band if you can attempt to blow into a piccolo. The teacher or instructor will know if it sounds right.(:
Thanks for commenting, and hope this helped. If not, reply and i'll always comment back.
Btw sorry this didn't come earlier,
PickOfThePiccs 5 months ago
@ShadowWowExp
Youtube kind of failed to tell me that I had a comment on this video. Soooo sorrryyyyy.
PickOfThePiccs 5 months ago
I am trying to choose between instruments xS I played guitar but i would like to play a blow instrument , piccolo looks fun . But i am not sure plz help
ShadowWowExp 5 months ago