How To Play The Piccolo- Tuning Fun.

How to tune your piccolo. And other fun junk.
Love Thy Piccolo. (:
OH- and sorry i still look like crap. This was recorded like legit, 2 seconds after my last video.

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[BandGeek55100]

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.

[PickOfThePiccs]

@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.

[BandGeek55100]

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.

[PickOfThePiccs]

@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.

[BandGeek55100]

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.

[PickOfThePiccs]

@SoulWingz

no problemm!!(:

[SoulWingz]

@PickOfThePiccs thanks!!!

[PickOfThePiccs]

@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.

[SoulWingz]

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

[PickOfThePiccs]

@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? (: