17 January

Start of class: "Next Train" by Miracle Fortress" from Five Roses (2007) "32 Flavors" by Ani DiFranco from Not a Pretty Girl (1995) Duple meter example: "When I'm Sixty-Four" by the Beatles from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) Triple meter example: "No Other One" by Weezer from Pinkerton (1996) Quadruple meter example: "Love Is a Holiday" by the Silver Seas from Starry Gazey Pie (2004) Compound meter example: "My 1st Song" by Jay-Z from The Black Album (2003) Irregular meter example: "Tribal Gathering" by the Byrds from The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968) Changing meter example: "Whipping Post" by the Allman Brothers Band from The Allman Brothers Band (1969) Syncopation example: "Clocks" by Coldplay from A Rush of Blood To The Head (2002) Riff and phrase example: "20th Century Boy" by T. Rex (1973) Monophonic and homophonic textures example: "White Winter Hymnal" by Fleet Foxes from Fleet Foxes (2008) Polyphonic texture example: "Impossible Germany" by Wilco from Sky Blue Sky (2007) Song form example: "Kind of a Girl" by Tinted Windows from Tinted Windows (2009) AABA verse form example: "Things We Said Today" by the Beatles from A Hard Day's Night (1964) 12-bar blues example: "Crossroads" by Cream from Wheels of Fire (1969) End of class: "The Animals Were Gone" by Damien Rice from 9 (2006)