Bell A carillon, which is a musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze cup-shaped bells, is tuned so that the bells can be played serially to produce a melody, or sounded together to play a chord. A traditional carillon is played by striking a baton keyboard with the fists, and by pressing the keys of a pedal keyboard with the feet. The keys mechanically activate levers and wires that connect to metal clappers that strike the inside of the bells, allowing the performer to vary the intensity of the note according to the force applied to the key. In
21 Things I Want in a Lover it was like a keyboard, an acoustic, an electric, my journal and a microphone set up, and we'd record it all onto DAT." According to the sheet music published at "Musicnotes.com" by Universal Music Publishing Group, "21 Things I Want In a Lover" was written in the key of C major, with a moderately tempo of 96 beats per minute. The introduction follows the chord progression of C5–C(5)–F5/C-C. Morissette's vocal range span from the low-note of G4 to the high-note of C6. The pop rock song starts with a "toothy" guitar hook, played by Dean DeLeo, followed by Morissette listing