AOS3 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? - Moby - 1999

Metre

4/4 simple quadruple

Rhythm

• Unchanging drum loop with emphasised back beat
• Syncopated

Tempo

98 BMp - moderately steady

Dynamics

Similar dynamics throughout

Accompaniment/Instrumentation

• No actual live music
• Vocal samples
• Drum machine for loops - Roland TR909
• Various synths for piano, bass and string sounds

Texture

• Homophonic
• Almost polyphonic - overlap in vocal
• Piano only intro
• Breakdown features only vocal sample

Harmony and Tonality

3 chord progressions

• A Dorian (2nd mode of 4 major)
• Am - Em - G - D
• C - Am - F - C

Melody

Samples - 2 taken from recording by gospal choir (male+female voice), second vocal features more sustained notes

Form/Structure

• Verse- Chorus structure - Intro - Verse - Chorus - Verse 2 - Break - Chorus - Outro

Use of Technology

• Samples left with background noise for effect
• Extensive use of reverb and delay on vocal smaple - especially in break
• All other sounds are computer generated
• Echo, smaples, loops, EQ, ect.