Illustration of piccolo
plural piccolos
: a small shrill flute whose range is an octave higher than that of an ordinary flute
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024
Band members received new uniforms, new drums and, most recently, new flutes and piccolos, all of it paid for by the district’s budget for the arts.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
Image Cheung played in Gleason’s workshop, before leaving Philadelphia to spend time in Seattle and audition for a piccolo seat at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
—James Estrin Joshua Barone, New York Times, 4 June 2024
Alice is an extremely talented flute and piccolo player.
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Where the Sea Change version sounds doleful, the new orchestration sounded almost hopeful with strings that glide over the chords and a perky piccolo poking through the musical ceiling.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024
Band members received new uniforms, new drums and, most recently, new flutes and piccolos, all of it paid for by the district’s budget for the arts.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
Image Cheung played in Gleason’s workshop, before leaving Philadelphia to spend time in Seattle and audition for a piccolo seat at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
—James Estrin Joshua Barone, New York Times, 4 June 2024
Alice is an extremely talented flute and piccolo player.
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
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“Piccolo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piccolo. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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