fawkes 0 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Hi all,I'm new to this forum, so forgive me if this isn't worth a thread of its own. I was just curious about something I heard in "Passage Through the Planet Core" from the Star Wars Episode I OST. Around 4:00, there is a piccolo solo, and it goes up to some incredibly high note that sounds like a D to me. I was confused because - as far as I knew - the piccolo's range caps out at a high C.Does anyone happen to have the orchestral score and know if this is actually notated as a D? Or was the pitch bumped up on the recording? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 917 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Nobody's ever seen the sheet music beyond parts of 6M5 Droid Battle and 6M7 Great Duel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 It's possible to play a D on piccolo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarpia 132 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 It sounds more like C# to me. Anyways, some musicians are able to play the high D as the top note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fawkes 0 Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 A genuine D8?! I've never seen anything above a C8 ever written, even by Shostakovich, who LOVED to test the upper limits of the piccolo range. That said, it still could be possible to play a D8. Are you a piccolo player?EDIT: Scarpia, you're right - it could be a C#. I have some form of perfect pitch, but it gets really hard to tell when we get up into the stratosphere, frequency-wise. Either way, I'm just blown away, because even if C#8 and D8 are possible, I've never heard of them actually being asked for. If that's the case, John Williams = total badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarpia 132 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 He is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Are you a piccolo player?I am, but my top note was normally the second A above the staff because of something wrong with the instrument that has not been fixable, nor have I felt like upgrading. It's hard to justify when you're an amateur not playing for money, with a "real job" during the week. I played a loaner horn and was able to comfortably produce Bb for Stars and Stripes in college, but it took me 12 years to learn the alternate fingering for Chimes of Liberty -- which is better than dropping it an octave or overblowing high A and hoping nobody notices. High C, though, that's something I've never seen in my music nor dreamed about. High D?? Unfathomable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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