Basic Elements: Creating Melody

Harmony

Once you have a melody, the next step is to add harmony. Harmony adds a vertical component to the existing melody, since it involves two or more pitches being played simultaneously. One example of a harmony is a counter melody which is constructed to run concurrently with the existing melody.

Headphones IconListen and follow along with the counter melody alone, which is provided below.

counter melody example

Headphones IconNow listen to the melody and counter melody combined and follow along in the music.

music example with melody and counter melody