Moby- Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad

Question 1

Moby:

Rhythm, Tempo and Metre (4 points)

Answer 1

🎤📽4/4.

🎤📽Syncopation- e.g: piano at end of section.

🎤 📽98bpm.

🎤📽8 bar phrases.

Question 2

Moby:

Tonality (3 points)

Answer 2

🎤📽A minor.

🎤📽Chorus A= ambiguous..

🎤📽Chorus B= C major.

Question 3

Moby:

Harmony (5 points)

Answer 3

🎤Verse= Amin➡️Emin➡️G➡️D.

🎤Chorus A= C➡️Amin.

🎤Chorus B= C➡️F.

🎤Sus2/Sus4 chords used.

🎤Harmony diatonic.

Question 4

Moby:

Structure (3 points)

Answer 4

🎤📽Verse= Why does my heart..

🎤Chorus= These open doors…

🎤Piano intro(8bars)➡️V1 x4➡️Chorus A➡️Chorus B x2➡️V2 x2➡️1 bar break➡️Chorus A➡️Chorus B x2➡️Outro.

Question 5

Moby:

Instrumentation (6 points)

Answer 5

🎤📽Electric Piano.

🎤📽Drum machine.

🎤📽Voice samples.

🎤📽Synth strings.

🎤📽Ghostings= background noise left in.

🎤📽Synth bass.

Question 6

Moby:

Texture (5 points)

Answer 6

🎤Piano➡️Vocal sample➡️Drum loop.

🎤Layered.

🎤📽Mainly homophonic.

🎤📽Thickened with more instruments.

🎤📽Thinned at break and outro.

Question 7

Moby:

Use of music technology (7 points)

Answer 7

🎤📽Drum machine.

🎤📽Synth strings.

🎤📽Delay.

🎤Reverb.

🎤Heavy equaliser.

🎤Sampler.

🎤Panning.

Question 8

Moby:

Melody (4 points)

Answer 8

🎤📽Vocal melody sampled from 50s gospel choir➡️Verse=male, chorus=female.

🎤Repetitive/ looped.

🎤📽Use of countermelodies.

🎤📽Descending string passage.

Question 9

🎤Moby:

Typical features of dance music (5 points).

Answer 9

🎤Breakdown section.

🎤Samples.

🎤Loops.

🎤Steady beat.

🎤Studio effects.