Piccolo - piccolo (English spelling) Italian

Japanese: ピッコロ - ぴっころ(英語表記)piccolo イタリア語
Piccolo - piccolo (English spelling) Italian

The Italian word for "small" refers to an instrument that covers the high range among a group of instruments with different ranges. It is also used in English, where it is called the piccolo trumpet.

However, the term piccolo generally refers to an aerophone instrument with a range one octave higher than the flute. It is an abbreviation of the Italian term flute piccolo (small flute), and is thought to have been developed in the early 19th century in a form similar to the current one. Some have metal pipes, but wooden pipes are still widely used, and their shape retains the form of the old (pre-Boehm) flute, with a cylindrical head pipe that tapers to a taper. The key mechanism is the Boehm system, and the fingering is basically the same as that of the flute. The range is D5 - C8 for the most common C pipe. A D♭ pipe is also sometimes used in wind ensembles.

[Ryūji Uta]

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

「小さい」を意味するイタリア語で、音域の異なる同一の楽器群のなかで、高音域をカバーする楽器をさして用いられる。英語にもそのまま入り、ピッコロ・トランペットなどといった言い方がなされる。

 しかし、一般にピッコロといえば、フルートより1オクターブ音域の高い気鳴楽器をさす場合が多い。これは、イタリア語でフラウト・ピッコロ(小形フルート)とよんでいたものが省略され、一般化したもので、19世紀初頭にはほぼ現在の形に近いものが出現したと考えられる。金属管のものもあるが、木製管が依然として多く用いられ、その形状も、頭部管は円筒でその先は細くなっていくというかつての(ベーム式以前の)フルートの形態をとどめている。キーの機構はベーム式で、運指は基本的にはフルートと同じである。音域はもっとも一般的なC管でD5―C8。このほか吹奏楽ではD♭管を用いることもある。

[卜田隆嗣]

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