"Canon In D" by Pachelbel is a fantastic song to have in your repertoire. Join us as your Pianote Coach of the month @SummerSweeSingh gives a step-by-step tutorial on how to play this stunning piece of music on the piano!
Pachelbel's Canon (also known as the Canon in D, P 37) is an accompanied canon by the German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. Neither the date nor the circumstances of its composition are known (suggested dates range from 1680 to 1706), and the oldest surviving manuscript copy of the piece dates from the 19th century.
Like his other works, Pachelbel's Canon went out of style, and remained in obscurity for centuries. A 1968 arrangement and recording of it by the Jean-François Paillard chamber orchestra gained popularity over the next decade, and in the 1970s the piece began to be recorded by many ensembles; by the early 1980s, its presence as background music was deemed inescapable. From the 1970s onward, elements of the piece, especially its chord progression, were used in a variety of pop songs. Since the 1980s, it has also found increasingly common use in weddings and funeral ceremonies in the Western world.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:11 - Getting started with the left and right hands
2:10 - The notes
3:06 - The fingerings
4:00 - The iconic part! (notes)
5:00 - The iconic part! (fingers)
6:00 - Hands together
6:32 - The ending (notes)
7:35 - The ending (fingers)
9:10 - The complete performance
ABOUT SUMMER SWEE-SINGH
@SummerSweeSingh is a composer, music arranger, pianist, keyboardist, string contractor, music director, backing vocalist, and music educator.
Although she is classically trained, the University of California at Berkeley alumna has devoted much energy to working on classical crossover arrangements of modern pop, rock, hip-hop, and electronica.
In addition to leading the awesome piano and string ensemble “Summer Swee-Singh & The Heartstrings"--- her piece “JFN” was awarded a Silver Medal by the Global Music Awards in their “Emerging Artist” and “Composer” categories.
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