| Re: piccolo playing
Trombe 1,
Thanks for the question. I do have few specific things that I like to work on for piccolo. The first thing I do is work out of the first three pages of the the Clodimir book. I think it's called Seventy Little Studies? I don't have the cover on mine anymore and I can't remember for sure. Anyway these are very short tunes that help me get started with piccolo. I don't like to do anything to long or tiring at first. They are pretty high and I would suggest that you might want to play them in lower keys depending on your comfort level. They are also very articulated so to make sure that I am covering all of my bases I will also work out of the Getchell books, 1st and 2nd studies. These are also short, but a little more lyrical in nature. Again be sure to play them is keys that are comforable at first, then work you way up. The main thing is to get the feel back. After about a week I feel comfortable and then I start with the music. I would also suggest playing duets on piccolo if you can find someone to play with. It's something we used to do a lot of at Eastman.
Thanks again for the question.
Best,
Andrew |