4/4 ans steady tempo, Prominent use of electronic sounds, Strong beat, short phrases and repetitive, looped sections
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What is the story based on?
2 samples taken from a recording in 1953 of a gospel choir
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Sample A is sung by who and where?
Male singer in the verses
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Sample B is sung by who and where?
Female singer and in the choruses
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Both samples have been what?
Manipulated to change the meaning of the words
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Why is the melody simple and repetitive?
The samples are looped to create the melody
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What effects are used on Sample B?
Reverb and delay specificALLY1
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In verse 2 what is different?
The bass and higher frequencies have been removed using EQ
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Why did Moby leave the background noises and what feel does it create?
To retain emotional quality of the recordings and a vintage feel
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Describe the timbre
Either synthetic or sampled. Female and male vocals are edited samples taken from the old recordings of gospel music. Percussion sounds like shaker, snare drum and bass drum produced on Roland Drum Machine, Bass and string parts ->synthesisers.
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What has been used to edit the sounds?
Reverb, delay and EQ
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What is on the male vocal sampe when it first comes in?
Electronic ghostings- temnants of the backing singers in the original sample
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What can be heard in the one bar breakdown?
Reverb and delay
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Most of the song is in what?
Dorian mode of A
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Harmony is entirely..
Diatonic
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Female vocal sample is later accompanied with chords?
F and C
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What key would the choruses be in?
C major
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Structure of the piece?
Intro, Verse 1, Chorus A, Chorus B, Verse 2, Break, Chorus A, Chorus B, Outro
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Describe Intro
Time sig 4/4, Am, 98bpm, Piano plays Am/Am/Em/Em/G/G/D/D.
C/C/Am/Am/C/C/Am/Am. Female sample introduced. Texture similar to verse 1. Syth. backing recedes more to the background.
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Describe Chorus B
F/F/C/C/F/F/C/C. Sample played faster
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Describe Verse 2
Verse 2 is similar to verse 1 part 4. Delay and EQ,
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Describe the break
All parts drop out for a single bar. Only dying repeats of delay and EQ, the snare drum delay and falling reverb can be heard.
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Describe the Chorus A
Vocal sample is used with much reverb and delay, making it sound distant. Sample blends with a lushstring pad which has reverb.
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Describe Chorus B
Reverb is reduced, making the it sould clearer. Part B is repeated unexpectably.
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Describe Outro
Texture is reduced just male vocal sample accompanied by a soft synth pad playing Em/Em/Am/Am/G/G/D/D
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Describe the rhythm and metre
4/4, 98 bpm
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What is the drum loop made up of?
Breakbeat
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What are repeated when played on the shaker?
Repeated semiquavers
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Rhythmic devices?
Syncopation, Bass drum plays on beats 1 and 3, while there are strong accents on the backbeats (2+4) from snare drum. Rhythm varies between sections, Piano pattern changes at the end of the 1st verse (more syncopated), static chords appear in Chrous
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