Hi Chuck, This is actually an excellent point -- my own take on this would be that bigband flute parts within the staff often sound better on alto flute, whereas flute parts above the staff often sound better on piccolo (especially when doubling lead tpt, either at pitch or 8va).
Good piccolo doublers are still a bit rare in jazz, though. I'm lucky that Erica von Kleist really enjoys the piccolo and plays quite a lot of it, including bringing it to jam sessions, etc. She plays great flute too, but hates soloing on it, and I can see why -- it's much easier to get a satisfying jazz sound on piccolo. I didn't write any piccolo parts for her on the last record because I hadn't really started exploring that possibility, but my current writing has piccolo all over the place. Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 16 Sep 2011, at 10:37 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: > My old friend and mentor, the late John Garvey, used to say that much of > what is written for flute in jazz bands would sound better on the piccolo, > and he had a good point. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
