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Piccolo

Written by: Nancy Nourse
#It’s really, quite simple: what instruments we know about now are the ones that have managed to survive through a historical “development” in a process that seems to be conceived as a cultural evol...
Sat, 01 May 2010 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 1962
Written by: Nancy Nourse
#Because of all the possibilities embracing the new media formats can afford, even though this event may now seem like “old news”, I thought I would wait until Flute Focus went on-line to give my repo...
Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0800
Word count: 1622
Written by: Nancy Nourse
# Playing the piccolo, the one deviant instrument in the section, the little flute whose history is withheld, is it any wonder that piccolo players can experience feelings of marginalization or at least ...
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 1806
Written by: Nancy Nourse
#It is common knowledge that many flutists dislike the piccolo and avoid having to play it. In most bands, the piccolo as the singular, ‘No-place-hide-instrument’ is located ironically next to the sec...
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 1182
Written by: Rosamund Plummer
#Can I have a piccolo lesson please? Yes, of course, but why? I suppose a ‘one-off’ piccolo lesson can be useful when preparing for an orchestral audition to boost confidence, but I often find that ...
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 1832
Written by: Nancy Nourse
#Plummer’s care in her own studies and her demonstrated insider knowledge in this article is comprehensive. I was sorry however to read her quotations from Cecil Forsyth’s Orchestration, (1914) for hi...
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:00:00 -0800
Word count: 1744
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