Is this Piccolo part playable?

[McDroneFace]

I'm working on a concert band arrangement of Carl Bohm's piano piece "Charge of the Uhlans" for collegiate level bands. Is the attached part playable? I'm kinda worried about the triplet passages.

(also, here is link to the sampled rendition of the whole arrangement

Thanks for your help!

 

[ghostler]

@McDroneFace , I looked at the C piccolo part for Charge of the Uhlans for concert band. It appears by accident you posted the PDF twice as they are both identical.

I am not a flute player although I have a flute. Looking it over, the arpeggiated triplet passages may seem busy but I didn't notice anything that would be considered technically difficult, but I could be wrong. I am mainly a clarinetist and saxist.

It is a quick march at T = 125. A Washington DC street march in the cold of Winter might be around 120. British marches were a touch slower, around 108. It appears to be a happy march, maybe something a circus would have their high flying trapeze artists or clowns on unicycles in the center ring.

I am not sure what exactly are your concerns, part doesn't look any different than other piccolo parts I have seen, but again I could be wrong.

Could you further clarify what you are seeking help on? It may help some in this forum with whom the flute is a natural for them.

And, by the way, welcome to the forum!

 

[McDroneFace]

(please ignore the double attachment, they are the same thing, can’t figure out how to edit my original post)

 

[ghostler]

(please ignore the double attachment, they are the same thing, can’t figure out how to edit my original post)

This is something that the administrators can do.

 

[Mike M]

I'm working on a concert band arrangement of Carl Bohm's piano piece "Charge of the Uhlans" for collegiate level bands. Is the attached part playable? I'm kinda worried about the triplet passages.

(also, here is link to the sampled rendition of the whole arrangement

Thanks for your help!

Very playable.

 

[resopmok]

I'm working on a concert band arrangement of Carl Bohm's piano piece "Charge of the Uhlans" for collegiate level bands. Is the attached part playable? I'm kinda worried about the triplet passages.

(also, here is link to the sampled rendition of the whole arrangement

Thanks for your help!

Definitely playable but likely to be drowned out in spots marked f or ff but the picc part is in the first register. E.g., the passage at measure 33 would probably do better up an octave. Do not be afraid to exploit the 3rd register in ff, like at bar 189 would add nice color to a full band.