20 January

Start of class: "So Come Back, I Am Waiting" by Okkervil River from Black Sheep Boy (2005)

Example of musical meaning: "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson from Waylon and Willie (1978)

Example of duple meter: "When I'm Sixty-Four" by the Beatles from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Example of triple meter: "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" by Carole King from Tapestry (1971)

Example of quadruple meter: "Official" by Q-Tip from The Renaissance (2008)

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

Example of compound meter: "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"

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

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