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Description
Mind Map by Edward Aris, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Edward Aris
over 8 years ago
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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)
- Male singer
- Sample 2
- Female singer
- Used for Choruses
- Female singer
- Sample 1
- samples have a vintage sound as it means there is more
emotional impact
- Two vocal samples taken from a 1953 recording
of an american gospel choir
- Rhythm / metre / tempo
- Metre is 4/4
- Simple quadruple
- Simple quadruple
- 98bpm
- Syncopation used in ...
- some synth string parts
- The piano part
- some synth string parts
- 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
- Breakbeat sampled from a hip hop track
- Rhythms vary between sections for contrast
- E.g. Piano chords are syncopated in
Verse 1 but are static in Chorus 2
- E.g. Piano chords are syncopated in
Verse 1 but are static in Chorus 2
- Metre is 4/4
- 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
- Verse is in the key of A minor
- 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
- 1st half of the chorus is ambiguous (either C major or A minor)
- 2nd half of the chorus
- 2nd half of the chorus is in C major
- F F C C F F C C
- 2nd half of the chorus is in C major
- Entirely diatonic
- Use of technology
- Reverb and delay
- Noticeable at the breakdown
- increased reverb in chorus
2a
- Sounds more distant
- Sounds more distant
- Decreased reverb in chorus 2b
- Sounds clearer
- Sounds clearer
- Noticeable at the breakdown
- Panning
- Intro is panned from the left to
the right creating a sense of
movement
- Intro is panned from the left to
the right creating a sense of
movement
- Echoes
- Verse 2 echoes a vocal sample using delay
- 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
- 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
- Remnants of the background singers
who were featured in the original
sample
- Reverb and delay
- Structure
- Intro Verse1 Chorus1 Verse2 Break Chorus2 Outro
- Smapls are looped for choruses and the verses
- Breakdown is 1 bar of silence
- Intro Verse1 Chorus1 Verse2 Break Chorus2 Outro
- Texture
- Verse 1
- 1. First vocal sample enters
- 2. Drum loop enters + synth pad + synth string pad
- Call and response with the vocal sections
- Call and response with the vocal sections
- 3. Synth Bass + synth string pad
- 4. Piano plays syncopated chords decorated with sus2 and sus4 chords
- 1. First vocal sample enters
- 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
- Then they re-enter for Chorus 2b
- Piano and drums drop out
- Contrasts in texture through
silence and static chords
- Verse 1
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