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'Why does my heart feel so bad' - Moby
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GCSE Music (Moby) Mind Map on 'Why does my heart feel so bad' - Moby, created by Edward Aris on 17/01/2016.
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'Why does my heart feel so bad' - Moby
Melody/ Vocal samples
Two vocal samples taken from a 1953 recording of an american gospel choir
Sample 1
Male singer
Used for verses
Narrow vocal range (G - D)
Sample 2
Female singer
Used for Choruses
samples have a vintage sound as it means there is more emotional impact
Rhythm / metre / tempo
Metre is 4/4
Simple quadruple
98bpm
Syncopation used in ...
some synth string parts
The piano part
Drum loop
Breakbeat sampled from a hip hop track
Snare drum on beats 2 and 4
Kick drum on beats 1 and 3
Shaker plays continuous semi-quavers
Rhythms vary between sections for contrast
E.g. Piano chords are syncopated in Verse 1 but are static in Chorus 2
Tonality / Harmony
Entirely diatonic
Verse
Verse is in the key of A minor
Verse uses sus2 and sus4 chords
Am Am Em Em G G D D
1st half of the chorus
1st half of the chorus is ambiguous (either C major or A minor)
C C Am Am C C Am Am
2nd half of the chorus
2nd half of the chorus is in C major
F F C C F F C C
Use of technology
Reverb and delay
Noticeable at the breakdown
increased reverb in chorus 2a
Sounds more distant
Decreased reverb in chorus 2b
Sounds clearer
Panning
Intro is panned from the left to the right creating a sense of movement
Echoes
Verse 2 echoes a vocal sample using delay
Telephone EQ
Verse 2 is processed with EQ to remove upper and lower frequencies to make it sound a lot thinner
Electronic Ghosting
Remnants of the background singers who were featured in the original sample
Structure
Intro Verse1 Chorus1 Verse2 Break Chorus2 Outro
Smapls are looped for choruses and the verses
Breakdown is 1 bar of silence
Texture
Verse 1
1. First vocal sample enters
2. Drum loop enters + synth pad + synth string pad
Call and response with the vocal sections
3. Synth Bass + synth string pad
4. Piano plays syncopated chords decorated with sus2 and sus4 chords
Built up as individual tracks are introduced
Intro = piano solo
Texture becomes thinner after breakdown
Piano and drums drop out
Then they re-enter for Chorus 2b
Drop out for Outro
Contrasts in texture through silence and static chords
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