30 September

Start of class: "To Care (Like You)" by James Blake from James Blake (2011)

Start of class: "We Can Have It" by the Dears from No Cities Left (2004)

Start of class: "Doctor Pressure (Dirty Club Mix)" by Mylo vs. Miami Sound Machine (2004)

Example of country blues: "Tom Rushen Blues" by Charley Patton (1929)

Example of country blues: "That Black Snake Moan" by Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926)

Example of country blues: "Cross Road Blues" by Robert Johnson (1936)

Example of hillbilly music: "Blue Yodel, No. 2" by Jimmie Rodgers (1928)

Example of bluegrass: "It's Mighty Dark to Travel" by Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys (1947)

28 September

Start of class: "Shiver Me Timbers" by Tom Waits from The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

Start of class: "Tread Water" by De La Soul from 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)

Example of Tin Pan Alley/Musical Theater: "I Got Rhythm" by Ethel Merman from Ethel's Ridin' High (1947)

Example of crooning: "How Deep Is The Ocean" by Bing Crosby (1932)

Example of classic blues: "St. Louis Blues" by Bessie Smith (1925)

Example of country blues: "Tom Rushen Blues" by Charley Patton (1929)

End of class: "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin from Led Zeppelin II (1969)

26 September

Start of class: "One Tree Hill" by U2 from The Joshua Tree (1987)

Start of class: "Dr. Carter" by Lil' Wayne from Tha Carter III (2008)

Example of Benny Goodman big band: "Taking A Chance on Love" (1940)

Example of Count Basie band: "One O'Clock Jump" (1937)

Example of Duke Ellington band: "Ko-Ko" (1940)

Example of Texas Swing: "New San Antonio Rose" by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys (1940)

End of class: "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller Orchestra (1939)

End of class: "You Might Think" by the Cars from Heartbeat City (1984)

23 September

Start of class: "Radio Free Europe" by R.E.M. from Murmur (1983)

Start of class: "Living Well Is the Best Revenge" by R.E.M. from Accelerate (2008)

Example of New Orleans style jazz: "Tiger Rag" by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band from the CD accompanying textbook (1917)

Example of symphonic/sweet jazz: "Rhapsody in Blue" composed by George Gershwin, originally performed by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (1924). This recording performed by Leonard Bernstein and the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1982)

Example of Chicago style (Hot) jazz: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (1928)

Example of big band jazz: "One O'Clock Jump" by the Count Basie Orchestra (1937)

Example of big band jazz: "Wrappin' It Up" by Fletcher Henderson Orchestra (1934)

End of class: "Talk About the Passion" by R.E.M. from Murmur (1983)

21 September

Start/end of class: "Art of Almost" by Wilco from The Whole Love (2011)

Example of acoustic recording: "St. Louis Blues" by Bessie Smith (Louis Armstrong, cornet) (1925)

Example of electric recording: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong's Hot Five (1928)

Example of syncopated dance music: "Castle House Rag" from Europe's Society Orchestra from CD accompanying textbook (1914)

Contemporary recording of syncopated dance music: "Castle House Rag" by the New England Ragtime Ensemble from The Art of the Rag (1973)

Example of New Orleans jazz: "Doctor Jazz" by Jelly Roll Morton (1926)

19 September

Start of class: "Marie" by Willie Nelson from Poet - A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt (2001)

Start of class: "She Don't Use Jelly" by the Flaming Lips from Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993)

Stephen Foster - Sentimental song: "I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" from textbook CD

Example of concert band: "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa and his Orchestra from Sousa's Band Historical Recordings (2003, recorded 1913)

Example of ragtime: "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin from Classical Treasures: Maple Leaf Rag (2003)

Early Tin Pan Alley: "After the Ball" composed by Charles K. Harris (1892), performed by Joan Morris and William Bolcom from After the Ball and Other Highlights from Vaudeville (1974)

Example of later Vaudeville style: "Camptown Races" as sung by Al Jolson (ca. 1930-1935)

End of class: "Eleanor Rigby" by the Beatles from Revolver (1966)

End of class: "Wasted" by Sean Lennon from Into the Sun (1998)

16 September

Start of class: "Roll Over Beethoven" by the Beatles (1963)

Start of class: "Denver" by Willie Nelson from Red Headed Stranger (1975)

Start/end of class: "Marken Lag Stilla" by Dungen from Skit I Allt (2010)

Stephen Foster - Ethiopian song: "Camptown Races" by unknown performers from Stephen Foster: American Heritage Best (2010)

14 September

Start of class: "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" by Wilco from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001)

Start/end of class: "Two Times" by the Blakes from The Blakes (2007)

Example of verse/chorus form: "September Gurls" by Big Star from Radio City (1974)

Example of AABA verse form: "Things We Said Today" by the Beatles from A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Form breakdown song: "Civil Twilight" by the Weakerthans from Reunion Tour (2007)

Example of timbre: "Young Folks" by Kanye West (Peter, Bjorn, and John) from Can't Tell Me Nothing: The Official Mixtape (2007)

Example of timbre: "Sweet" by Jay-Z from American Gangster (2007)

Example of dynamics in popular music: "More Than a Feeling" by Boston from Boston (1976)

12 September

Start of class: "It's Too Late" by Otis Redding from The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (1965)

Start of class: "A Day In the Life" by the Beatles from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Example of compound meter: "Between the Bars" by Elliott Smith from Either/Or (1997)

Example of irregular meter: "Whipping Post" by the Allman Brothers from The Allman Brothers Band (1969)

Example of syncopation: "Clocks" by Coldplay from A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)

Example of riff: "Torture" by King Khan and the Shrines from The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines (2008)

Example of key: "Things We Said Today" by the Beatles from A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Example of monophony and homophony: "White Winter Hymnal" by Fleet Foxes from Fleet Foxes (2008)

Example of polyphony/End of class: "Impossible Germany" by Wilco from Sky Blue Sky (2007)

9 September

Start of class: "Hard to Imagine" by Pearl Jam from 2006 concert in Grand Rapids, MI

Example of quadruple meter: "Living After Midnight" by Judas Priest from British Steel (1980)

Example of triple meter: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley (1960)

Example of compound meter: "Between the Bars" by Elliott Smith from Either/Or (1997)

7 September

Start of class: "Cry" by Johnny Ray (1952)

Start of class: "Chains" by the Beatles from Please Please Me (1963)

Start of class: "No One Else" by Weezer from Weezer (1994)

Start of class: "These Eyes" by the Guess Who from Wheatfield Soul (1968)

Song in The Archive short film: "Music" by John Miles from Rebel (1976)

Start/end of class: "I Will Follow" by U2 from Boy (1980)