Taught by renowned flutist
Amal Gochenour
In this course, Amal Gochenour takes us through the fundamentals of playing the piccolo. She talks about how to increase your dynamic range in difficult registers, how to practice the piccolo, and offers alternate fingerings for tricky notes.
Introduction
Amal Gochenour discusses how to familiarize yourself with the piccolo, how to implement it in your existing practice sessions, and how the piccolo can improve your flute playing.
Piccolo Setup
In this video, Amal Gochenour talks about how to hold and control the instrument. She also discusses the appropriate amount of air and air speed to be used when playing the piccolo.
Managing Air
Amal Gochenour walks us through how to energize the air, and offers exercises to help improve airflow on the piccolo.
Harmonics
In this video, we learn why harmonic exercises that are very beneficial for piccolo playing and getting even more familiar with the instrument. Amal Gochenour takes us through harmonic exercises.
Intonation
Accurate intonation on the piccolo is always difficult to achieve. Amal Gochenour offers exercises and ways to adjust intonation to improve this skill.
Dynamics
Amal Gochenour walks us through the four aspects to keep in mind when changing and controlling dynamics on the piccolo. She also offers exercises to implement these concepts.
Whistle Tones
Amal Gochenour offers ways to improve sound and focus on the piccolo through whistle tone exercises.
Alternate Fingerings
Amal Gochenour walks us through essential alternate fingerings on the piccolo that she regularly uses when playing in the orchestra.
Things to Keep in Mind
Amal Gochenour mentions some things to keep in mind when buying a piccolo, how to care for your piccolo, and repertoire to start with when just embarking on your piccolo journey.
Click here to download the course workbook PDF and see the full syllabus →Amal Gochenour was appointed Piccoloist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 2018 and continues to perform with other top orchestras around the globe.
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