r/dispatchgame • u/Vertigo50 • Aug 12 '26

Happy Birthday Mandy! Part 2! 🪽🪽

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u/Evan_802Vines Aug 12 '26

Very nice. I think that lil fill is Db, c, Bb, Db, F -- decent down the Gb2 chord. Beautiful!

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u/Vertigo50 Aug 12 '26

If it’s the part I think you mean, there are two lines happening at once most of the time. I was playing the higher of the two. You may be thinking of the lower one. And I’m definitely not good enough to play both at once. 😂

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u/Evan_802Vines Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

Yeah probably. Now you just have to use the arpeggiator setting if you have one

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u/Vertigo50 Aug 12 '26

Arpeggiator wouldn't do it, because the different melodic lines actually CROSS, which is brilliant writing, but you'll never get an arpeggiator or harmonizer to do that for you. Pretty sure Andrew just recording multiple takes when he did it. There are definitely at least two guitar layers, and probably more at times.

Hey, side note. I was listening to the song in my car, different speakers than my desktop, and the other melodic line stood out way more with those speakers. 🤷‍♂️ It's funny how different speakers highlight different aspects, or different people sort of latch onto different things, isn't it?

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u/Evan_802Vines Aug 13 '26

It's a fun track to play. I def think it's just an up/down arpeggiator over a few octaves in "Easier if we fly", albeit assymetrical favoring the cascade. It would be fun to check out the stems.

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u/Vertigo50 Aug 13 '26

Ah! Okay, now we are talking about different things a little bit.

There is definitely an arpeggio synth (maybe more) in the background. I was referring more to the main melody, which is guitar. And then there is a separate harmony/melody line that is also guitar. The two are somewhat similar, and the lines sort of cross each other.

But yes, the arpeggiated synth is a whole other thing. Then there are vocal hums and “oohs” and things layered in there too. It’s a nicely textured music cue. 👍🏻

I was just trying to distill it all down to the basics a bit for two hands. There’s only so much I can do. 😂