Odd meters: 5/4 (3 + 2) and 7/8 (3 + 2 + 2)

What you hear

For each meter a bar of the soft C3 counting it alone (5/4 in quarter notes, 7/8 in eighth notes, the bar's first a little louder), then two bars with the C5 on each group's first count: 5/4 as 3 + 2, 7/8 as 3 + 2 + 2; quarter notes at 72 a minute in 5/4, eighth notes at 144 in 7/8

In the book: Figure 6.11.