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the smallest orchestra member that can drown out everyone else without trying
means A small flute pitched an octave higher than the standard one, producing the highest notes in the orchestra.
from From Italian, where piccolo simply means 'small' — the instrument's full original name was flauto piccolo, 'little flute,' eventually shortened so that the adjective ran off with the whole job. The Italian word itself is of uncertain deeper origin, possibly imitative baby-talk for 'tiny.'
- name origin
- Italian for small, short for flauto piccolo
- highest voice
- plays the highest notes in the orchestra
- hearing risk
- loud enough to require ear protection nearby
- stars-and-stripes
- its solo defines Sousa's most famous march
- half-size
- roughly half the length of a standard flute
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