[Fovrodi]

Dug this up from the old boards. Cool resource, I never felt like I could play it and recreate anything I heard in the song. But Dave must have used some whammy pedal on it and some other effects?

Wheeter wrote:

Im sort of uncertain as to what hidden melody you are talking about in unsolved mysteries. Do you mean my guitar part..the really pitched up chord progression?
Start on G for the first chord (oh look) then move your hands up in the same G position to the fifth fret for the second chord (that sweet boy) then move your hand in that position up to the seventh fret for the third chord but instead of baring the A string as you would for a G chord bar it on the seventh fret as well (his mother cried) then back down to the g position on the 5th fret (my child) and back to G for (his laces). This is the same progression for the "whats pain" part Does that make sense? Im definitely never going to be a guitar teacher. The "Where are the still unborn" chords are played in that 7th fret position but instead on the 12th fret ("where are the") and then moving to the 10th ("still unborn") but in half that time as the other parts (back and forth).

Thats basically what the song was like when i wrote it. Its the first song i ever wrote for AC in standard tuning. That basically how i hear the song everytime we play it so i cant really say if its hidden or not. Because the guitar part and the vocal melody go hand in hand for me once ive written it that way it usually doesnt change too drastically unless josh does somthing very dramatic to the chord change with his guitar part. There is also an organ part in the song which is more or less based on this guitar part but a little different...maybe thats what your talking about? In the live version its sort of offset so it changes before the guitar does at a certain point but i dont think it makes the melody that much different. I guess perspective is key here cause i dont hear the live version of UM as being very different from the recorded version at all.

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[weirdradio]

Sweet post! I always wondered what the deal was with their tunings, if it was the same alternate tuning or alternating alternate tunings

Would be so cool if an official AC songbook came out one day, but I highly doubt it haha

[Gool Aid]

this track has always rly stuck out to me. the fact it was the only AC track in standard tuning at that time is pretty wild.

[samthefireball]

dude are there more posts like this by avey? I cant believe this exists

[onn]

I was laughing at this a few days ago lol. just imagining him sitting there typing these confusing as hell stream of consciousness "instructions". check out that run on sentence where he's explaining the chords lmao

as for actually recreating the sounds, you can read that all day and you will never get closer lol. there's videos where you can sorta see his hands anyway. IDK much about the equipment they used on the 07 tour where they played it, but a regular ol' octave effect would be available on any multi-effect pedal