All glissandi on the piccolo (with the exception of chromatic glissandi) will need to be faked in some way using half-valve or bending. This means that glissandi with valve slides are not an option for the piccolo trumpet. Typically, the piccolo trumpet does not have valve slides that can be easily manipulated while playing. I do not recommend writing lip trills for the piccolo as the smaller overtone intervals are well into the high and extreme high registers (see range above). The same general rules for the larger trumpets also apply to the piccolo. These techniques work just as well on the piccolo as they do on the Bb and C trumpets and the same rules apply. In my original post on mutes I didn‘t include any audio examples for the picc, so here are „the standard three“ mutes with piccolo trumpet! No mute (open) Straight mute Cup mute Wawa mute (with stem) Wawa mute (with stem) with wawa effects Harmon mute (no stem) Flutter Tongue, Doodle Tongue and Growl It’s important to bear in mind that playing a muted piccolo trumpet is much more strenuous than open playing, and that intonation is often a problem. Most of the mutes listed here and here are available for piccolo trumpet. In particular, the cantatas and orchestral works by Bach and Handel are (mostly) good references for friendly piccolo trumpet writing.Īt the very bottom of my post on endurance are a few helpful examples of piccolo trumpet repertoire that test the performer’s endurance in different ways. Many players use the piccolo trumpet for Baroque trumpet literature, especially in modern orchestras – although it has become increasingly popular to use the natural trumpet. Some references for good writing for the piccolo trumpet can be found in the Baroque repertoire. So, although the piccolo trumpet facilitates playing in a higher register, it is still better to treat the extreme high register with caution. However, piccolo playing tends to be even more strenuous for the embouchure than the Bb or C trumpets. In principle, most of the „rules“ in my post on endurance are equally valid for the piccolo trumpet. So, playing a high Eb’’’ will be much easier on the piccolo trumpet than it is on the Bb trumpet, but I still can’t play much higher than that on the piccolo in general. It is important to note that the piccolo trumpet doesn‘t really extend the range upwards in comparison to the lower instruments – rather, it makes it easier to play in the high register.
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