Improvising a Linear Jazz Piano Arrangement (Using Counterpoint)

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Tired of vertical thinking? Jeremy Siskind, author of "Playing Solo Jazz Piano," explains his favorite exercises to learn to play a contrapuntal solo piano arrangement, using the Charlie Chaplin tune "Smile."

00:00 - Overview: Smile
1:33 Solidified Melody (shaping, articulation, lyric)
3:13 Demonstration
5:50 - Same rhythm improv
6:19 parallel
6:34 same direction
7:00 Contrary motion
8:25 Taking turns
8:54 - Set rhythmic units
10:25 - Melody in the LH
11:31 - 3 Voices
12:49 - 4 Voices
14:59 - Pass the Middle Voice
16:00 Melody at the bottom
16:59 - Alternating thumbs
17:39 Melody in different voices
18:43 - 4 Voices
19:11 Thumbs and pinkies
20:27 Simplified 4 Voices
20:39 Pairs
24:11 Melody on alto voice
25:06 Demonstration
28:16 Summary