Listening Examples for Exam #2 (Spring 2026)

• Listening #1: Identify the meter and beat subdivision: [duple meter & triple subdivision; "Shapes of Things" by the Yardbirds]
  
• Listening #2: Identify the meter and beat subdivision: [duple meter & duple subdivision; "California Dreamin'" by Peter, Paul & Mary]
  
• Listening #3: Identify the meter and beat subdivision: [duple meter & triple subdivision; "You Send Me " by the Sam Cooke]
  
• Listening #4: Identify the musical texture: [non-imitative polyphony; "Good Vibrations" (chorus) by the Beach Boys]
  
• Listening #5: Identify the musical texture: [melody & accompaniment homophony; "Colour My World" by Chicago]
  
• Listening #6: Identify the musical form: [aaba (microstructure); "I'm Telling You Now" by Freddy & the Dreamers]
  
• Listening #7: Identify the musical form: [I-vi-IV-V progression; "Runaround Sue" by Dion & the Belmonts]