Skip and Oaklet, that is really refreshing. I am a brilliant and gifted euphoneum player. I love to provide counter-melodies to everything I hear (particularly folk music in pubs) and have realised that if it sounds a bit wrong, just play it louder until the song or tune becomes a bit of old descant to my invention. My counter-melodies are never in the same key, nor the same time signature nor even the same length as the subject. Those who promote the benefits of theoretical musical order and control are just denying me freedom of expression, in my opinion.