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Intonation

Acquire a perfect intonation with your piccolo.

Intonation on the piccolo: the toolbox

Course: Intonation on the piccolo
by Gudrun Hinze

16 min.
Gudrun talks about 5 tools very useful to improve our intonation on the piccolo: lips, constance and speed of air, fingerings, vowels and sound memory.

Intonation: the piccolo scale

Course: Intonation on the piccolo
by Gudrun Hinze

23 min.
Discover the system of intonation of the piccolo flute focusing on the flute scale and the piccolo scale.
Why is intonation more difficult when we switch from the flute to the piccolo?

Intonation: more than one system

Course: Intonation on the piccolo
by Gudrun Hinze

11 min.
Learn how to manager the different systems of intonation of the other instruments with wich you play.

Intonation, part one

Course: Intonation
by Peter Verhoyen

12 min.
In this first lesson, Peter talks about intonation covering the following topics: tuning slide, placement of the head joint and of the cork, warm-up of the instrument, effects of the mood on intonation, vibrato and tuners.

Intonation, part two

Course: Intonation
by Peter Verhoyen

8 min.
Continue the work on intonation with Peter through practical sessions on the piccolo repertoire!