If you're learning how to improvise, or if you already know how to improvise but want to improve your improvisational counterpoint skills, I think a great exercise is to practice your improvisations with one hand. In the example video below, I'm demonstrating a right hand improvisation that moves between one and two voices.
If you're learning to improvise and you're concerned about what notes to choose so that your improvisation fits together harmonically, don't be.
- Have an idea in your mind of what you want your next note to sound like.
- Think of the interval (minor 3rd? perfect fifth?) you need in order to jump from the current note to the next note.
- Play the next note. If the note you end up playing is not the note you wanted to play, find the note you wanted. Once you find it, determine what the actual interval is. Play the interval by itself so you can become accustomed to the sound of the interval.
(This piece was improvised and recorded on January 12, 2024.)
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