Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad

Question 1

What is the time signature?

Answer 1

4/4

Question 2

What is the tempo?

Answer 2

98 bum

Question 3

What instrument plays semiquavers?

Answer 3

Shaker

Question 4

The harmony is?

Answer 4

Diatonic

Question 5

What 3 chord progressions are used?

Answer 5

Am Em G D
C Am C Am
F C F C

Question 6

The verses are in __________ mode on __

Answer 6

Dorian

A

Question 7

What key are the choruses in?

Answer 7

C

Question 8

How does the texture contrast?

Answer 8

Silence
Static chords
Varying instrumentation every 8 bars

Question 9

Sample 1…

Answer 9

Male

Used in verses

Question 10

Sample 2

Answer 10

Female

Used in chorus

Question 11

Where are the samples from?

Answer 11

1953 gospel choir

Question 12

Why do the sample sound vintage?

Answer 12

They have crackles

Question 13

How are the samples used?

Answer 13

Manipulated word meanings

Looped to create melody

Question 14

What is the structure?

Answer 14

Verse-chorus

Question 15

After the breakdown what happens to the texture?

Answer 15

It gets thinner

Question 16

Where is the breakdown?

Answer 16

After the 2nd verse

Question 17

How does the texture build up?

Answer 17

Piano only
Voice
Drums & synth counter melody
Bass &a synth chords
Syncopated piano chords

Question 18

How are the synths used?

Answer 18

Produce string, bass and piano sounds

Question 19

How are samples used?

Answer 19

Vocal samples

Breakbeat rhythm on drums

Question 20

How is the drum machine used?

Answer 20

Create drum track

Question 21

How is a sequencer used?

Answer 21

Trigger synth and sampler

Question 22

How is panning used?

Answer 22

Place sounds in sterol fields

Question 23

What instrument is panning used on?

Answer 23

Piano

Question 24

What are on the male vocal sample when it first comes in?

Answer 24

Electronic ghostings

Question 25

What 2 effects are used throughout the song and can be heard in the breakdown?

Answer 25

Reverb and delay

Question 26

Echoes are created in the 2nd Verse by...

Answer 26

Delay

Question 27

Why do parts sound like a telephone voice?

Answer 27

EQ has removed the lower frequencies