Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Moby - Why does my heart feel so bad?
- Instrumentation
- Synthesiser strings
- Sampler
- Two
samples
used
- Male verses
- Female choruses
- Both in A minor, but
harmonized to make one sound
minor, and one sound major.
- Background noise not removed as it
adds to emotional depth of the
song.
- Sometimes acts as another percussion instrument.
- From 1950's gospel music
- Drum machine
- Rhythm - the drum machine creates
the strong, steady rhythm that is
associated with dance music.
- Emphasized by the
drum beat and bass.
- Dance music
- Extensive use of samples and loops.
- Links to the club scene.
- Layered textures.
- Key words
- Objective Judgement
- Melody - created by looped samples and drum beats.
- Tonality is often ambiguous and difficult to
detect. Moby uses the chords of Sus2 and
Sus4, creating ambiguity and interest.
- Sus2
- A triad with the major or
minor third replace by the
second degree of the scale.
- Sus4
- A triad with the major or
minor third replaced by the
fourth degree of the scale.
- Effects used
- DElay
- Heavy EQ
- Song
- From the album, "Play".
- Tempo - 98bpm
- Time signature - 4/4
- Released in 1999