Piccolo flute (English spelling)

Japanese: piccolo flute(英語表記)piccoloflute
Piccolo flute (English spelling)

…From the Italian word for “small,” this name is given to the smallest of each family of musical instruments. There are the piccolo violin, the piccolo cello, and the piccolo cornet, but the most commonly used today is the piccolo flute. This is an instrument with a range of 2 D to 5 C, about one octave higher than the normal flute, and is written one octave lower than the actual sound. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "piccolo flute" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イタリア語で〈小さい〉という意味から転じて,各楽器一族のうち最も小さいものにこの名を冠する。ピッコロ・バイオリン,ピッコロ・チェロ,ピッコロ・コルネットなどがあるが,今日最も一般的に用いられるのはピッコロ・フルートpiccolo fluteであろう。これは普通のフルートより約1オクターブ高く2点ニから5点ハの音域をもつ楽器で,実音よりも1オクターブ低く記譜される。…

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