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Hi, I'm totally new to music composition, and I have a sort of a theory question.

In the following code, the first line is a simple little melody I heard in a dream and then picked out when I woke up in the night.

The next line is something I just added, and I really like how that alternation of 63 (D#) makes the whole thing sound creepy as hell. Why does it do that? It's overlapping mostly with 62 (D), so there's a lot of dissonance, I know. What else is going on?

note(`
  <60 62 67@2 60 ~ 60 62!2 ~ 60 62!3 ~@2>*8,
  <67 62 <65 63> 62>*2
`).s('sine')

Hear it on the Strudel REPL.

My first big project on this. I hope you like it.

[Here](https://strudel.cc/#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%2BIHNkIH4gYmQgW3NkIGJkXSBzZCB%2BIiwgImhoIGhoIGhoIGhoIGhoIGhoIGhoIGhvIikuZ2FpbigwLjcpOwoKY29uc3QgZHJ1bV9tYXRyaXggPSBbCiAgcygiW2hoIGJkXSBoaCBoaCBoaCBoaCBoaCBoaCBoaCIpLmdhaW4oMC43KSwgCiAgcygic2QqMTYiKS5nYWluKHNpbmUucmFuZ2UoMC4xNCwgMC43KSksCiAgLi4uQXJyYXkoNikuZmlsbChkckIpLAogIHN0YWNrKCJiZCB%2BIHNkIH4gYmQgYmQgc2QgfiIsICJoaCBoaCBoaCBoaCBobyB%2BIGhvIH4iKS5nYWluKDAuNyksIAogIHMoIn4iKSwKICBzKCJzZCo4IGhvKjIiKS5nYWluKHNpbmUucmFuZ2UoMC4yOCwgMC43KSksCiAgLi4uQXJyYXkoMTQpLmZpbGwoZHJCKSwKICBzKCJzZCoxNiIpLmdhaW4oaXNhdy5yYW5nZSgwLjE0LCAwLjcpKSwKICBzdGFjaygiYmQgfiBzZCB%2BIGJkIFtzZCBiZF0gc2QgfiIsICJobyB%2BIGhvIH4gaG8gfiBobyB%2BIikuZ2FpbigwLjcpLAogIHMoIltiZCBjcmFzaF0gfiBiZCB%2BIGJkIH4gfiB%2BIikuZ2FpbigwLjcpLCAKICBzKCJbYmQgY3Jhc2hdIH4gfiB%2BIH4gfiB%2BIH4iKS5nYWluKDAuNyksIAogIHMoIn4iKQpdOwoKY29uc3QgYnNfQSA9ICJbYTFAMS41IGExQDAuNSBkMiBkMl0iOwpjb25zdCBic19CID0gIltiMUAxLjUgYjFAMC41IGQyQDAuNSBkMkAwLjUgZTJdIjsKY29uc3QgYnNfQyA9ICJbYjFAMS41IGIxQDAuNSBnMUAwLjUgZzFAMC41IGZzMV0iOwpjb25zdCBic19EID0gIltiMUAxLjUgYjFAMC41IGcxQDAuNSBnMUAwLjUgW2ZzMSBmczFdXSI7Cgpjb25zdCBiYXNzX21hdHJpeCA9IFsKICAifiIsICJ%2BIiwgCiAgYnNfQSwgYnNfQiwgYnNfQSwgYnNfQywgYnNfQSwgYnNfQiwgYnNfQSwgYnNfRCwKICBic19BLCBic19CLCBic19BLCBic19DLCBic19BLCBic19CLCBic19BLCBic19ELAogIGJzX0EsIGJzX0IsIGJzX0EsIGJzX0MsIGJzX0EsIGJzX0IsIGJzX0EsIGJzX0QsCiAgIltlMSBbYTEgYjFdIGQyIFtlMSBhMSBiMV1dIiwgIltlMSB%2BIGIxIFtkMiBkMiBkMl1dIiwgIlt%2BIGExIGUxIH5dIiwgIn4iCl07Cgpjb25zdCBiZWxsX21hdHJpeCA9IFsKICAiW2U0QDEuNSBlNEAwLjUgYTQgZ3M0XSIsICJbZDRAMS41IGQ0QDAuNSBmczQgZTRdIiwgIltlNEAxLjUgZTRAMC41IGE0IGE0XSIsICJbZDRAMS41IGQ0QDAuNSBlNCBlNF0iLAogICJbZTRAMS41IGU0QDAuNSBhNCBhNF0iLCAiW2Q0QDEuNSBkNEAwLjUgW2Q0IGQ0XSBjczRdIiwgIltlNEAxLjUgZTRAMC41IGE0IGdzNF0iLCAiW2Q0QDEuNSBkNEAwLjUgZnM0IGU0XSIsCiAgIltlNEAxLjUgZTRAMC41IGE0IGdzNF0iLCAuLi5BcnJheSg5KS5maWxsKCJ%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%2BIiksIG5vdGUoIn4iKSwKICBnQSwgZ0IsIGdBLCBnQiwgZ0EsIGdCLCBnQSwgZ0IsCiAgZ0wxLCBnTDIsIGdMMSwgZ0wyLCBnTDEsIGdMMiwgZ0wxLCBnTDIsCiAgZ0EsIGdCLCBnQSwgZ0IsIGdBLCBnQiwgZ0EsIGdCLAogIG5vdGUoIn4iKSwgbm90ZSgifiIpLCBub3RlKCJ%2BIiksIG5vdGUoIn4iKQpdOwoKc3RhY2soCiAgY2F0KC4uLmRydW1fbWF0cml4KS5iYW5rKCJSb2xhbmRUUjkwOSIpLAogIG5vdGUoY2F0KC4uLmJhc3NfbWF0cml4KSkucygic2F3dG9vdGgiKS5scGYoODAwKS5scHEoMikuZ2FpbigwLjQ1KSwKICBub3RlKGNhdCguLi5iZWxsX21hdHJpeCkpLnMoInRyaWFuZ2xlIikuZGVjYXkoMC42KS5zdXN0YWluKDApLmRlbGF5KDAuMykucm9vbSgwLjcpLmdhaW4oMC44KSwKICBjYXQoLi4uZ3VpdGFyX21hdHJpeCkucygic3F1YXJlIikuY3J1c2goNCkuZ2FpbigwLjIpLnJvb20oMC40KS5kZWxheSgwLjIpCikuc2xvdyhsb29wX2xlbmd0aCkuY3BtKDkyMCkK)

This is part of a series, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DU6jW2G8MA&list=PLBPUgbVt9LEVWbAzJi0zN3QRfRCGI8vde

I'm suuper new to strudel, but I really want to learn. At the moment I'm struggling to get the maximum donk sound out of my synth, I'm trying to follow the rough guide on how to create it but unsure how the synthesis process or how much of it crosses over to what's said in youtube videos, forums etc. Anyways here's the link to my strudel project, pls help I need donk sound