ZZ Top Band, “La Grange”

"La Grange" is a song by the American rock group ZZ Top, from their 1973 album Tres
Hombres. One of ZZ Top's most successful songs, it was released as a single in 1973
and received extensive radio play, rising to No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June
1974.

Form: It's elongated form is referred to (and listed on setlists) as "La Grange/Sloppy
Drunk Jam. The jam has been performed over 700 times.

Instrumentation: clavinets, saxophones, and synthesizers, guitars, backing vocals

Verse 1/0:00-0:46/ It starts out with a nice tone in the beginning then the lyrics come
and the singer sings it in a deep voice “Rumor spreadin' 'round” then keeps going

Verse 2/0:46-1:12/ The other instruments join in and speed up the tone and tempo in
“But now I might be mistaken”.

Instrumental otro/1:12-3:35/ The rest of the instruments join and sound like a huge
instrumental solo with all the instruments and no lyrics

The Who Band, “Pinball Wizard”

"Pinball Wizard" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English
rock band the Who, featured on their 1969 rock opera album Tommy. The original
recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached No. 4 in the UK charts and No.
19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Form: “The chordal structure for the intro was inspired by [English Baroque composer]
Henry Purcell, who did this very short piece called ‘Symphony Upon One Note.’

Instrumentation: lead vocals, backing vocals, co-lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric
guitar, bass guitar, drums.

Verse 1/0:00-0:51/ The singer, guitar and drums start slow then speed up the tempo at
“Sure plays a mean pinball”
Verse 2/0:51-1:09/ Again the singer increase the speed and loudness of the lyrics at
“Sure plays a mean pinball”

Chorus 1/1:09-1:33/ At the lyrics “How do you think he does it?” And “What makes him
so good” They sing it very high pitched

Verse 3/1:33-1:56/ From “Ain’t got no distractions” to “Sure plays a mean pinball” they
keep the same rhythm and tempo

Verse 4/2:23-2:50/ From the beginning the singer screams “Even on my favorite table”
then decreases the sound

Kiss Band, “Detroit Rock City”

"Detroit Rock City" is a song by the American hard rock group Kiss, released on their
1976 album Destroyer. The song was written by Paul Stanley and producer Bob Ezrin.
The song is one of the band's most popular and is a classic rock staple.

Form: "Detroit Rock City" was almost a rewriting of earlier material, combining elements
of "Two Timer" and some of the basic song structure of the "Much Too Young" part of
"Acrobat."
Instrumentation: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, backing vocals, lead guitar, drums
and keyboards

Verse 1/0:00-0:45/ The singer and instruments like drums and guitars startup fast and
loud on lyrics “I feel uptight on a Saturday night Nine o'clock”.

Chorus 1/0:45-1:02/ The singer and backing vocals increase the tempo in the middle at
“You gotta lose your mind in Detroit Rock City”

Verse 2/1:02-1:22/ The singer slows down at “midnight show”

Chorus 2/1:22-1:30/ They are starting a transition from “Leave their seat” to instrumental
break

Verse 3/2:55-3:41/ They increase then decrease the sound and speed of the lyrics on
each comma “I feel so good, I'm so alive, Hear my song playing on the radio, it goes”
James Taylor Band, “Carolina on My Mind”

"Carolina in My Mind" is a song written and performed by singer-songwriter James

Taylor, which first appeared on his 1968 self-titled debut album. Taylor wrote it while
overseas recording for the Beatles' label Apple Records, and the song's themes reflect
his homesickness at the time.

Form: Remember, TAB gives you a sequence of events, a series of locations on the
neck. And it’s possible to grasp the musical structure from it. But a chord chart is a
much more effective way to easily take in the patterns in a song, if you understand how
to read it.

Instrumentations: Voice, Bb3-F5 Piano, Guitar, and backing vocals

Chorus 1/0:00-0:32/ The singer and acoustic guitar play the lyrics “In my mind, I am
going to carolina”very smoothly

Verse 1/0:32-0:57/ At the lyrics “Now i am crying” The singer holds a little high note for
about 3 seconds

Verse 2/0:57-1:22/ The singer refers the lyrics “And hey, baby, the sky's on fire, I'm
dying, ain't I?” to that the rising sun karen is watching.

Chorus 2/1:22-1:49/ When these lyrics start “In my mind, I'm gone to Carolina” and the
backing vocals join in the loudness increases.

Verse 3/1:49-2:16/ The singer keeps the melody of the second to last chorus in
“carolina in my mind”

Verse 4/2:16-2:47/ In the lyrics “Now where holy host of others standing around me” the
tempo slows down.

Chorus 3/2:47-3:23/ The singer decreases the speed, loudness and tempo at “I'm gone
to Carolina in my mind” The last line.