Music Piece Study:

Moby - Why Does my Heart Feel so Bad? From Play

In the study of this piece you will learn about:

• Moby and his approach to writing music
• How ”Why Does My heart Feel So Bad?” is constructed through an analysis of the music
• Some of the technology commonly used in club dance music

Task:

• Research equipment used in making of the song
• Research each item and find out what else they can do
• Find out alternatives to equipment
• Find out apps that can be used to manipulate technology-based piece of work

Equipment	Purpose
Yamaha SPX990 Multi-effects Unit	To maniuplate sound tracks
Yamaha Synth Akai s3200 Sampler	Drum loops
Yamaha SY85 and SY22 Synths	Synth sounds
Emu Proformance piano sound module	Piano Sound
Roland Juno 106 Synth	Synth bass
Roland TR 909 Drum Machine	Drum loops

Notes:

• Moby created the song using 2 vocal samples from a gospel choir made in 1953
• Both samples are in the key of A minor but Moby uses harmonisation with a sequence that makes it sound major
• The equipment can make a much larger variety of sounds
• There are advancements today in technology tat can allow him to add new and more sounds

Chord Building:

• To make a basic chord, the following three types of notes are used:, Tonic, Dominant and Sub-Dominant
• To create a major chord, start with the tonic note, move up 4 semitones, play that then move up 3 semitones and play those three at the same time
• To create a minor chord, repeat the above process but instead move up 3 the first time then 4 the second time

Chord Letter	Major Chord	Minor Chord	Diminished Chord
F	F,A,C	F,Ab,C	F,Ab,Cb
Bb	Bb,D,F	Bb,Db, F	Bb,Db,Fb
G	G,B,D	G,Bb,D	G,Bb,Db