Why Does My Heart

Feel So Bad? Moby

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GCSE Music: AoS3 Dance Music

CHORD SEQUENCE 1 - VERSE - WHY DOES MY HEART

Bar

Chord Amin Amin Emin Emin Gmaj Gmaj

Dmaj

Dmaj

CHORD SEQUENCE 2 - CHORUS - 1ST HALF - THESE OPEN DOORS

Bar

Chord Cmaj Cmaj Amin Amin Cmaj Cmaj

Amin Amin

CHORD SEQUENCE 3 - CHORUS - 2ND HALF - THESE OPEN DOORS

Bar

Chord Fmaj Fmaj Cmaj Cmaj Fmaj Fmaj

CHORD SEQ.

Cmaj

Cmaj

DESCRIPTION

TEXTURE

Piano intro

Male vocal sample added Why does my soul Thin

1
1

Drum machine and synth added

Bass and synth strings added

Thin
Thick

Piano rhythm syncopated

Thick

Female vocal sample These open doors

Thick

Change chord sequence

Thick

1
1

Male vocal sample with answer

Repeated

Thin
Thin

Reverb dying out

Empty

Female vocal sample with synth strings

Very Thin

Piano, bass and drum machine added

Thick

3
1

Repeated
Male vocal sample solo

Thick
Very Thin

1 bar break

Very Thin

Why Does My Heart

Feel So Bad? Moby
FACT SHEET

GCSE Music: AoS3 Dance Music

Background

- Written by Moby and appears on his 1999 album, Play

- Roots in Club Dance music
- Uses lots of technology to create the music
Technology
- Drum machine (Roland TR909) - used to create a looping drum beat
- Piano Modules - used to create the piano sounds
- Synthesisers - used to create bass and synth string sounds
- Vocal Sampler (Akai S3200) - used to record samples of gospel choir
- Sub Bass - Below 90Hz, very low, felt more than heard
Eects (FX)
- Reverb - changes the length of time the sound takes to disappear
- EQ (equalisation) - allows you to boost or reduce certain frequencies
(pitches) to alter the sound
- Delay - another echo eect that is like the sound bouncing back at you
later
- Panning - Spreading out the sounds across the stereo field (Left & Right)
Features of Club Dance Music
- Regular Beat
- 4 to the floor: Kick drum on every beat
- Use of technology
- Use of Samples
- Synthesised instruments