I've just bought a Tony Dixon Irish Piccolo as what I thought was a step to learning the Irish flute. Being the same size and fingering as a Penny whistle I thought this would be a good way to work up to the flute. However now I wonder if I've made a mistake. I can find very few websites to help my emborture ( is that how you spell it?) and most sites advice is to start learning the flute first. Bearing in mind that these sites are for orchestral keyed Piccolos with a three octave range does the same advice about starting on Flute hold for this variety. Any comments or hints on getting started gratefully received.

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