Lesson 8

Playing the

third octave

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In this lesson we will learn to play in the third octave, from d''' to c''''. This is also quite easy, because you have just to move your thumb from the thumb rest to the higher octave key, the other keys are the same. Here are the fingerings of the third octave:

Now let’s do some exercises in the third octave:

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

For more exercises you may also play the exercises of lesson 7,

but one octave higher.