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Introducing the Piccolo Violin

Friday 2 June 2017

Take a violin, shrink it and tune it up a minor third. Violin Huw Daniel introduces the piccolo violin.

"It makes a slightly more shrill, piercing sound which makes it easier to compete with the horns."

Huw Daniel, Violin

A student participating in an open workshop with violinist Matthew Truscott and other members of the OAE

Japanese conductor Masaaki Suzuki conducts the OAE with singer Florian Stortz

OAE musicians run a workshop in a school classroom

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Introducing the Piccolo Violin

Friday 2 June 2017

Take a violin, shrink it and tune it up a minor third. Violin Huw Daniel introduces the piccolo violin.

"It makes a slightly more shrill, piercing sound which makes it easier to compete with the horns."

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