Counter Melody Rule

<p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="x4FkRVqbbWA" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/x4FkRVqbbWA/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x4FkRVqbbWA?rel=0&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="450" width="800" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Counter Melody Rule</strong></h2> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Learn how to avoid this common fault many songwriters &amp; producers make in their backing melodies!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Hello revolutionary music makers, we are Kate and Ray Harmony (AKA Revolution Harmony), and welcome to Hack Music Theory, the fast, easy and fun way to make music! If you’re new to theory, or if you just want a refresher, then read our free book "12 Music Theory Hacks to Learn Scales &amp; Chords". It’ll give you a super solid music theory foundation in just 30 minutes. The free download is below. Enjoy!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Fault</strong></h2> <p style="text-align: justify;">To clarify. A fault is not a mistake! Music is an art, so if you’re making music from your heart, then there cannot be any mistakes. But, when songwriters and producers don’t understand theory, which is the grammar of music, they’re not able to fully express themselves. Just like if someone was trying to write a poem in a language they didn’t speak. The resulting work of art will undoubtedly have weaknesses. And a fault is defined as a weakness. So, what’s the fault in this backing melody?</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Well, in order to answer that question, we first need to ask another question: What’s the purpose of a backing melody? You see, once we understand what a backing melody is supposed to be adding to the music, we’ll understand