Meaning of PICCOLO
| Pronunciation: | | 'piku`low
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| | Definition: | | [n] a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute |
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| | See Also: | | flute, transverse flute | |
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| | Definition: | | \Pic"co*lo\, n. [It., small.]
1. (Mus.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an
octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute.
2. (Mus.) A small upright piano.
3. (Mus.) An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone.
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| | Related Terms: | | aulos, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, block flute, bombard, bourdon, cello, claribel, clarinet, clarion, concert flute, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, cornet, cornopean, cromorna, cromorne, cymbel, diapason, double bassoon, double reed, dulciana, English horn, fife, fipple flute, flageolet, flute, flute stop, foundation stop, fourniture, gamba, gedeckt, gemshorn, harmonic flute, hautboy, heckelphone, hornpipe, hybrid stop, koppel flute, larigot, licorice stick, melodia, mixture, musette, mutation stop, nazard, oaten reed, oboe, oboe da caccia, ocarina, octave, organ stop, Pandean pipe, panpipe, penny-whistle, pipe, plein jeu, pommer, posaune, principal, quint, quintaten, rank, ranket, recorder, reed, reed instrument, reed stop, register, rohr flute, sax, saxophone, sesquialtera, shawm, single reed, single-reed instrument, sonorophone, spitz flute, stop, stopped diapason, stopped flute, string diapason, string stop, sweet potato, syrinx, tabor pipe, tenoroon, tierce, tin-whistle, tremolo, trombone, trumpet, twelfth, unda maris, vibrato, viola, voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humana, whistle, woods, woodwind, woodwind choir, woodwind instrument |
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