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  2. Western concert flute - Wikipedia

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    Each of the above instruments has its own range. The piccolo reads music in C (like the standard flute), but sounds one octave higher. The alto flute is in the key of G, and the low register extends to the G below middle C; its highest note is a high G (4 ledger lines above the treble staff). The bass flute is an octave lower than the concert ...

  3. Western concert flute family - Wikipedia

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    The piccolo is the highest-pitched member of the flute family, with a range an octave above that of the concert flute. It is usually the highest-pitched instrument within orchestras and bands. The piccolo is known for being difficult to play in tune due to its small size.

  4. Piccolo - Wikipedia

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    The piccolo (/ ˈ p ɪ k ə l oʊ / PIK-ə-loh; Italian for 'small') [1] [2] is a smaller version of the western concert flute [a] and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" or piccolo flute , the modern piccolo has the same type of fingerings as the standard transverse flute , [ 3 ] but ...

  5. List of transposing instruments - Wikipedia

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    The note C 4 written down produces: Comment Accordion: D ♭ piano accordion D ♭ 4: Bass accordion: C 2: Arpeggione: C 2 /C 3: Bagpipe Great Highland bagpipe: variable D ♭ 4 - D 4: A minority of bagpipes, made for playing with other instruments, are exactly D ♭ 4 (referred to as B ♭, relative to the tonic note A rather than C).

  6. Range (music) - Wikipedia

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    The sounding range [3] refers to the pitches produced by an instrument, while the written range [3] refers to the compass (span) of notes written in the sheet music, where the part is sometimes transposed for convenience. A piccolo, for example, typically has a sounding range one octave higher than its written range. [4]

  7. Recorder (musical instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The three concertos RV 443, 444, and 445 are notated in C major, C major and A minor respectively. Also of note is the occasional use of notes outside the normal two octave compass of the recorder: the range of the solo sections is two octaves from notated F4 to notated F6, however there is a single notated C4 in the first movement of RV 444, a ...

  8. Everything you need to know about 'Into The Unknown,' the ...

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    Very few people have the range to hit that high E flat. If the highest note in "Into the Unknown" sounds familiar, it's because Idina Menzel already reaches it during the climax of "Let It Go ...

  9. Oboe - Wikipedia

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    The highest note is a semitone lower than the nominally highest note of the B ... Major differences between the two ... (also called oboe musette or piccolo ...