TRUMPETS

SIDE DRUM

FRENCH HORNS

TROMBONES

BASSOONS

CLARINETS

BASS DRUM

TUBA

OBOES

CONTRABASSOON

BASS CLARINET

PICCOLO

FLUTES

SECOND VIOLINS

VIOLAS

ENGLISH HORN

PIANO

HARP

FIRST VIOLINS

CELLOS

BASSES

• The piccolo was originally designed for military bands to make the flute parts more prominent .

Crown

Embouchure Hole Lip Plate

Head Joint

HISTORY OF THE PICCOLO

Middle Ages The piccolo , and the concert flute , both evolved from the military transverse flute of the Middle Ages .

• Piccolos were once available in the key of D� but are currently only sold in the key of C .

1735 Opera orchestras in Paris sometimes included small transverse flutes at the octave as early as 1735 .

• The piccolo can often be confused with the fife , which is similar in form but creates a louder , shriller sound .

• The piccolo is the most highly pitched instrument of all the woodwinds .

Rod System

Keys

Body

2014 In 2014 , a festival was born entirely dedicated to the piccolo , the International Piccolo Festival , which takes place annually in July in Grado , Italy .