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Moby- 'why Does My Heart Feel So Bad' Flashcards

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Genre

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House music

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Date of composition

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1999

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Structure

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Song structure

Verse-chorus form

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Genre stylistics

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Repetitive
Simple chords
Technology
Sub-bass
Loops, layers
Accented backbeat (2 and 4)
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Metre

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4/4 time

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Tempo

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98 bpm

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Harmony/Tonality

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Diatonic
Verse(male) harmonic sequence
Am Em sequenced to G and D 
Sounds Am, verse is modal
F# in D major makes F natural sound fresh
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Verse(male) chords

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Am Am Em Em G G D D

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Chorus(female)

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C C Am Am F F C C

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Instrumentation

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Drum machine- snare drum accents back beats (2,4)
Piano intro
Synthesiser outro

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How is it technology not live?

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Pin-point accuracy
Quite mechanical
Effects
Clinical sounds-No piano overtones

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Technology

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Sampled vocals
Sampled piano sounds
Drum machine
Sampled hip hop drum beat
Synthesisers- strings and piano
Reverb- on vocables
Sub-bass
Echo/delay- voice and many instruments
Samples- looping, 1953 gospel and blues singers, background noise
Panning-sustains interest
EQ- removing the top and bottom frequencies
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Structure

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Introduction
Verse 1 - 1,2,3,4
Chorus- 
Verse 2- 5,6
Breakdown
Chorus
Chorus part 2
Outro- verse 7
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Introduction

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Introduction to the verse chords

Broken chords on piano

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Verse 1

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Male voice sample

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Verse 2

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Percussion- defines beat

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Verse 3

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Countermelody on synthesised strings

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Verse 4

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Chordal/ rhythmic piano

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Chorus

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Female voice
New chords
Female voice call and response

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Verse 5

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Same as verse 4
Mans voice sounds ghost like due to digital delay
Telephone EQ on the voice (sounds thinner)

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Verse 6

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Same as verse 4
Mans voice sounds ghost like due to digital delay
Telephone EQ on the voice (sounds thinner)

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Breakdown

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Bar of silence

Fading echoes from reverb

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Chorus

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Female voice sounds distant
Chords are static
Piano and drums drop out
Lots of reverb

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Chorus 2

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Same as the previous chorus

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Outro/ verse 7

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No piano or drums

Male voice accompanied by static chords

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Key

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Dorian mode (neither minor nor major)
C major
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Texture

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Layers build with each section
Dropping and adding layers
Sustains interest

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