Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? Flashcards
4 key features of modern club dance music
- 4/4 metre and steady tempo
- Electronic sounds
- Strong beat emphasised by drums and bass
- Short phrases and repetitive looped sections
What album does Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? come from?
Play
What year was Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? released?
1999
Samples and melody of Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
- 2 samples from 1953 gospel choir are manipulated
- Male vocal sample in verses
- Female vocal sample in choruses
- ‘Vintage’ feel (surface noise)
- Samples are looped to create simple and repetitive melody
Structure of Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
- Verse-chorus structure (Strophic Form)
- Samples looped to create verses and choruses
- Intro, Verse 1, Chorus, Verse 2, Breakdown, Chorus, Outro
Texture of Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
-Builds up as more parts are added
-Breakdown (silence) after verse 2
-Thinner texture after breakdown
-Contrasts by:
·Varying instrumentation
·Use of silence
·Sections with just static chords for accompaniment
Tempo and metre of Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
- 4/4
- Steady tempo of 98 BPM
Rhythm of Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
- Drum loop enters after 16 bars is made up of backbeat, bass drum on 1 and 3, snare drum accents 2 and 4 as backbeats, semiquavers on shaker
- Syncopation
- Varied rhythms
Instrumentation of Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
- Drum machine
- Synthesisers
- Electric piano
- Sampler
- Sequencer
Use of technology in Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
- Synthesisers
- Sampler
- Drum machine
- Sequencer
- Panning
- ‘Electronic ghostings’
- Reverb and Delay
- EQ
Harmony and tonality of Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
-Diatonic
-First sample:
·Am, Am, Em, Em, G, G, D, D
-Second sample:
·C, C, Am, Am, C, C, Am, Am
·F, F, C, C, F, F, C, C
-Verses in Dorian mode on A
-Choruses in C major
