Moby- 'why Does My Heart Feel So Bad' Flashcards
Genre
House music
Date of composition
1999
Structure
Song structure
Verse-chorus form
Genre stylistics
Repetitive Simple chords Technology Sub-bass Loops, layers Accented backbeat (2 and 4)
Metre
4/4 time
Tempo
98 bpm
Harmony/Tonality
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
Verse(male) chords
Am Am Em Em G G D D
Chorus(female)
C C Am Am F F C C
Instrumentation
Drum machine- snare drum accents back beats (2,4)
Piano intro
Synthesiser outro
How is it technology not live?
Pin-point accuracy
Quite mechanical
Effects
Clinical sounds-No piano overtones
Technology
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
Structure
Introduction Verse 1 - 1,2,3,4 Chorus- Verse 2- 5,6 Breakdown Chorus Chorus part 2 Outro- verse 7
Introduction
Introduction to the verse chords
Broken chords on piano
Verse 1
Male voice sample
Verse 2
Percussion- defines beat
Verse 3
Countermelody on synthesised strings
Verse 4
Chordal/ rhythmic piano
Chorus
Female voice
New chords
Female voice call and response
Verse 5
Same as verse 4
Mans voice sounds ghost like due to digital delay
Telephone EQ on the voice (sounds thinner)
Verse 6
Same as verse 4
Mans voice sounds ghost like due to digital delay
Telephone EQ on the voice (sounds thinner)
Breakdown
Bar of silence
Fading echoes from reverb
Chorus
Female voice sounds distant
Chords are static
Piano and drums drop out
Lots of reverb
Chorus 2
Same as the previous chorus
Outro/ verse 7
No piano or drums
Male voice accompanied by static chords
Key
Dorian mode (neither minor nor major) C major
Texture
Layers build with each section
Dropping and adding layers
Sustains interest
