The standard concert flute has a range of three octaves, starting with middle C. Because of its smaller size, the piccolo is pitched one octave higher and is limited to about one and a half octaves, because higher notes are difficult to play and unpleasant to the ear.

Can you play piccolo from flute?

The truth is that the piccolo is an instrument with many colors and expressive capabilities. ... Yes, anyone who can play the flute can play the piccolo, but playing it well is a different story.

Is a piccolo A flute?

Piccolo, (Italian: “small flute”) in full flauto piccolo, highest-pitched woodwind instrument of orchestras and military bands. It is a small transverse (horizontally played) flute of conical or cylindrical bore, fitted with Boehm-system keywork and pitched an octave higher than the ordinary concert flute.