Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton was born in England on March 30, 1945

Clapton is God.”

Tears in Heaven Eric Clapton and Will Jennings wrote Tears in Heaven after the death of Clapton's son, Conor, who fell out of a 53 rd floor window of an apartment in New York City. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States. The song also spent 3 weeks at #1 on the American Adult Contemporary Chart in The song was initially featured as a soundtrack to the movie Rush, which won 3 Grammy awards for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Male Pop Vocal Performance in Eric Clapton hasn't performed Tears in Heaven since 1994.

Tears in Heaven Tears in Heaven is a pop rock style song written in a 4/4 time signature and quadruple meter. The song has a homophonic texture and has a 12 bar blues form. 0:00 The song starts with a main guitar and a rhythm guitar playing together. Melody is smooth. Texture is monophonic and harmonic rhythm is fast and has a moderate tempo. 0:19 Verse one begins Timbre – Has a very bluesy mellow and melancholy sounds to it. You can hear the despair. Backup vocals join in on the chorus lyrics singing “In Heaven”. Giving an almost choir homophonic sound. Melody is smooth. Texture is monophonic and harmonic rhythm is fast and has a moderate tempo. 0:40 Bridge – Timbre – Can distinctly hear the rhythm and lead guitar. Melody is range is medium, and melodic rhythm is moderate and smooth. A conga drum is used which almost gives the song a latin blues feel. 1:07 Verse two begins Timbre - Bass guitar joins in, very audible sound. Melody is smooth. Texture is monophonic and harmonic rhythm is fast and has a moderate tempo. 1:28 Bridge Timbre – Can clearly hear rhythm guitar, lead guitar and bass guitar. Melody range is medium, and melodic rhythm is moderate and smooth.

Tears in Heaven Cont. 1:56 Chorus One Begins. The homophonic texture is even more clear in the chorus. You can hear all instruments playing in unison and the same melody.. Melody is smooth. 2:17 Solo Begins Timbre – You can hear a rhythm guitar, bass guitar and lead guitar 2:38 Chorus two begins. The homophonic texture is even more clear in the chorus. You can hear all instruments playing in unison and the same melody.. Melody is smooth. 3:06 Verse three begins. Melody is smooth. Texture is monophonic and harmonic rhythm is fast and has a moderate tempo. 3:25 Bridge - Can clearly hear rhythm guitar, lead guitar and bass guitar. Melody is range is medium, and melodic rhythm is moderate and smooth. 3:41 Coda – Timbre is again very clearly a rhythm, bass and lead guitar. 4:08 Song ends

Layla Layla was originally written by Eric Clapton describing his unrequited love for Pattie Boyd in The releases of the song had chart achieving success. The first in 1972 and the second 20 years later in an acoustic unplugged version. In 2004, it was ranked #27 on Rolling Stones list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All time! The song is basically composed of two movements, the first being centered around a signature guitar rift, and the second is commonly referred to the “piano coda” by Jim Gordon.

Layla Tears in Heaven is a pop rock style song written in a 4/4 time signature and quadruple meter and the song has a homophonic texture. 0:00 Intro Lead Guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar drums and saxophone all playing in homophonic melody. Smooth melody with a fast melodic rhythm. Form is ABAB. 1:06 Verse One- Timbre - Lead Guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar drums and saxophone, vocals and back up vocals. Smooth melody with a fast melodic rhythm. Form is ABAB. 1:20 Chorus one - Timbre - Lead Guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar drums and saxophone, vocals and back up vocals. Smooth melody with a fast melodic rhythm. Form is ABAB. 1:36 Verse two - Timbre - Lead Guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar drums and saxophone, vocals and back up vocals. Smooth melody with a fast melodic rhythm. Form is ABAB.

Layla Cont. 1:51 Chorus two - Timbre - Lead Guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar drums and saxophone, vocals and back up vocals. Smooth melody with a fast melodic rhythm. Form is ABAB. 2:09 Verse three - Timbre - Lead Guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar drums and saxophone, vocals and back up vocals. Smooth melody with a fast melodic rhythm. Form is ABAB. 2:24 Chorus three - Timbre - Lead Guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar drums and saxophone, vocals and back up vocals. Smooth melody with a fast melodic rhythm. Form is ABAB. 2:58 Guitar Solo 4:09 Piano Interlude - Beautiful piano interlude.

References RH Audio. Clapton: The Autobiography. Broadway; 1 st Edition (Oct 9 th, 2007)