Its shorter variant, pitched an octave higher, is called the piccolo.
This instrument plays a solo in the "Aviary" movement of Saint-Saens's (sahn SEN-zez) Carnival of the Animals. It is the first instrument to play the primary melody in Ravel's Bolero, and it performs the opening chromatic scale in Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. Players of this instrument, which delivers the lead melody in "Morning Mood" from Peer Gynt, have included Jean-Pierre Rampal and Herbie Mann. Its shorter variant, pitched an octave higher, is called the piccolo. For 10 points, name this reedless woodwind instrument that is usually made of silver metal.
This instrument plays a solo in the "Aviary" movement of Saint-Saens's (sahn SEN-zez) Carnival of the Animals.
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