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What instrument has the highest pitch?

Question #73127. Asked by morrigan.

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Lilady
Answer has 8 votes
Lilady
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Answer has 8 votes.
flute?

Dec 09 2006, 11:45 PM
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morrigan star
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morrigan star
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Answer has 12 votes.
Piccolo has a higher pitch than the flute. But there's other instruments that are higher, I believe.

Dec 09 2006, 11:55 PM
Arpeggionist
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Arpeggionist
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Answer has 16 votes.

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The highest note written for any instrument in the symphonic repertoire is a Db, just over four octaves above Middle C, for a piccolo in Mahler's second symphony. Few piccolists actually manage to produce the note. A violin can, in extreme contidions and using special techniques, reach notes that are higher still, but it is still impractical for any performance purposes. Any modern day synthesizer can electronically produce pitches above and beyond the average human hearing limit of 20,000 Hertz.

Dec 10 2006, 2:14 AM
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