Pachelbel's Canon is like calm breathing. This may have something to do with its timeless and universal appeal. There's a simple but profound peace and beauty in it.

@stevenjohnson243

Жыл бұрын

it sounds like a fancy asshole looks

@mimishandle

Жыл бұрын

it’s mozart, bach, and beethovens inspo but they get all the credit for it somehow

You know the adage. If it's not baroque, don't fix it.

Forget the haters. This is the perfect piece of music.

@peaceleader7315

Жыл бұрын

My Japanese wife is a most analytical... hmmmm... That is why we have been married for thousands of years... hmmmm...

@kellyharper367

Жыл бұрын

I'm with you!

@AverageBishop-

Жыл бұрын

Indeed

@loispollis671

Жыл бұрын

Agree

@mikeoglen6848

Жыл бұрын

@@peaceleader7315 What Anniversary is that?

It is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written. It is a progression of beginnings and endings of life. If you do not feel any emotion listening to this song, I truly feel sorry for you.

@yeetusfetusdeletus

Жыл бұрын

yes, i can feel the trauma from when I made a bunch of mistakes everytime I played that song in front of a public

@aprilyoru8673

7 ай бұрын

There are better pieces

@ADeeSHUPA

6 ай бұрын

@@aprilyoru8673 SHARe LiNK

@Scamander1417

3 ай бұрын

​@@aprilyoru8673This is the most beautiful for me especially Lee Galloway's rendition.

@commenter90909

Ай бұрын

It’s cool but super overplayed. I prefer the original version . It’s faster.

One of the most beautiful & evocative pieces of music ever written. As a pianist I’ve been playing this for decades, but a full orchestra only does it supreme justice.

@freedbyhisgrace9075

Жыл бұрын

Tashaki Ueno is the only conductor I have heard perform this song with more than cello's, bass cello and the violins for which it was written. What he put together is truly a masterpiece.

I first heard Pachelbel's Canon in D while flying (Pan Am) eastward over the Pacific Ocean in 1968; I was returning home from a year in Vietnam, and I have ever since associated the Canon with relief, anticipation, celebration, and joy.

@grantblakely906

Жыл бұрын

We had a mini series here in Australia called " veitnam " based on 1 Australian families experiences of the veitnam war. The son was conscripted while his sister got involved in the anti war movement, the father was a federal politician. It was a very moving and sad show. This song accompanied the show. As a side note Nicole Kidman played the part of the sister. It was when hardly anybody knew who Nicole kidman was

@chadx8269

Жыл бұрын

It discovered me while on a flight from California to florida. I listened to it while looking thru the window. Still amazed from that.

@trixie6793

Жыл бұрын

It's a nice memory It's unfortunate that flying with pan am is in the past....my mum flew for the first time in 1975 to Montreal as the Director of the Friendship Centre in Lethbridge. She received a Peace Pipe and Sweet Grass also. It was a thrill of a lifetime. Pracabels Canon sung is so beautiful also. What a masterpiece After this she flew to las Vegas to see Elvis and the Jerry Lewis Telethon.

Canon in D is a TIMELESS beauty! 🎶👍

I've been listening to Pachelbel's Canon since I was, 15,16 years old. I'm now 64 ! And... this video is EXCELLENT to describe the "inside" of Pachebel's Canon. I had the unique chance to hear the Munich Pro Arte Orchestra under the direction of Kurt Redel playing it. Also some other songs that have a real strong influence from Pachelbel's Canon are "Le Temps de Vivre" by Georges Moustaki, a french singer, and "Find a way to my heart" by Phil Collins. THANKS.. for sharing this video Greetings from Monterrey Mexico.

@guweimusic

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad to hear more songs that are influenced by Pachelbel’s Canon, thanks for sharing :)

@cleverhardy5230

Жыл бұрын

@@guweimusic The first time I heard a Canon pop song would habe to be All Together Now by the Farm, a song about the Christmas Tryce that bit the British charts in the 90s.

@keymaster430

Жыл бұрын

Well, I had the privilege of seeing Pachelbel himself in concert. He was...cocky.

@CabinFever52

Жыл бұрын

Ahhh I turned 5 in Monterrey :) Thanks for your comments.

@chilly232323

Жыл бұрын

@@guweimusic USSR (and current Russian) anthem also contains Pachelbel’s sequence in the second half of the couplet.

When I began to explore classical music (during middle school/high school) I started out with some of the most popular (since it was before the internet and WAAAY before anything like KZread and Spotify, we had to find music other ways). "Hooked on Classics" actually became a way for me to connect familiar tunes (like, ones I'd heard on movies, commercials or TV) with name and composer. Canon became one of my favorites. Only within the past decade or so did I discover how much people HATED it. I first heard Rob Paravonian's "Pachelbel Rant" and then "The Axis of Awesome" show how many songs used that progression. Many serious classical musicians and music lovers have a sort of disdain for it, probably due to its ubiquity. (By the way, the earliest versions that I listened to, it was played on 3 violins and a bass, not cello, so didn't even know cello was involved till later, and I figured basso continuo was usually boring anyway). To me, rather than Comic Sans, it's more like Helvetica. It's everywhere (even if you don't know it's there). It's actually quite beautiful and in its own way,. very functional, but because it's EVERYWHERE (and perhaps due to its simple structure) people either hate it or say they hate it. But for those of us who learned about classical music where we could find it, the ubiquitous isn't always BAD. As much as we might want to branch out and find more obscure or complex pieces, these familiar tunes bring us back to when the joy of classical music began to blossom. In that, I find comfort and some gratitude, since these - Canon, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Handel's Water Music, Ravel's Bolero, etc., - were our "gateway drug" of sorts, into the world of classical music.

@guweimusic

Жыл бұрын

Haha, I like how you describe it as Helvetica - it’s everywhere but not “basic”. To me, the fact that it is everywhere must have a good reason. There’s something about it that is intrinsically attractive to many people with different reasons, which are perhaps often difficult to explain with words. Thanks for your thoughts! :)

@nmccw3245

Жыл бұрын

That album was my gateway drug way back in ‘81. It was published by K-tel, the same cheesy infomercial company that brought us the Veg-O-Magic. 🤪😱

@marktabla5434

Жыл бұрын

I likewise started out with "Hooked on Classics" learning the names of all the tunes and their composers sampled in each track. From there, I bought the "Penguin Guide to Classical Compact Discs" or annual yearbook and looked for recordings awarded "rosettes" by the editors and used their reviews to decide what CD's to order through BMG or Columbia House mail-order CD clubs. I used to listen to those CD's all the time as a teenager and young adult until I got married and had children whose little hands can be quite destructive. Now my collection of 300+ classical CD's is tucked away safely in storage bins in the garage waiting to be converted into FLAC files and saved on external drives or uploaded to the cloud if I can ever figure out all the technical and legal ins and outs of such a Herculean undertaking.

@GoddessPallasAthena

Жыл бұрын

@@marktabla5434 I don't think people realize what a wonderful educational tool Hooked on Classics were, especially before the internet. You might hear a tune but can't do anything about it (like getting a recording) without at least the composer's name. A lot of classical enthusiasts (especially the purists) deride things like that, but it helps people get exposed to the music and learn about it. I feel the same way about well-done remixes of classical pieces. It gets the melody out there and if that's enough to pique someone's curiosity, and allows them to comfortably enter the world of classical music (even with baby steps) I say it's a good thing. Same with people on KZread who make it fun, like TwoSet Violin who (yes, they make a LOT of fun of Canon, but that's OK) make classical music enjoyable and accessible. And we need people to keep listening to it, attending concerts, buying recordings, adding to playlists, and even becoming musicians themselves.

@marktabla5434

Жыл бұрын

@@GoddessPallasAthena like TwoSet Violin, pianist-comedian Victor Borge made classical music fun and accessible to the general public back in his day with his PBS comedy specials that were often featured during pledge drives. Movies and television can also make classical music accessible while forming strong mental associations for generations of listeners/viewers, two obvious classic examples being Rossini's William Tell Overture as the theme to the 50's TV show, "The Lone Ranger", and Rachmaninoff's 18th variation from his "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" being used in the 1980 Christopher Reeve film, "Somewhere in Time". In addition to being fun, romantic, etc., such musical associations can be uplifting. For example, I'll never be able to listen to Schubert's Serenade in d-minor without thinking of the master violinist playing that melody in the auction scene in the video, "The Touch of the Master's Hand" with its message of the divine worth of the human soul: kzread.info/dash/bejne/haetusqvYNTFlrw.html

It makes you feel happy and sad at the same time, it is pretty special.

@east5871

Жыл бұрын

That’s really true!! I never understood that until I read your comment! 🤯

@PerChristensen

Жыл бұрын

Agree - there is a deep sadness in this tune

@cf-kw5qo

Жыл бұрын

I’ve always said this too , happy and sad at the same time

@nicoladisvevia

Жыл бұрын

Come to think of it, it seems to be closely connected to dying.

What a classic and beautiful exposition on Pachelbel's Canon! I too have listened to it since a teenager and really appreciate this analysis. Although I took some academic music classes in college, I never learned the lineage of pieces such as is explained here. Thank you so much for this.

@richardkroll2269

Жыл бұрын

This caused me to look up the commercial that Tosando Music of Japan made. Whomever put together the music with the Japanese father playing it at his daughters wedding was Brilliant. Very sad but this caused me to search for it.

@merseltzer

Жыл бұрын

@@richardkroll2269 Just listened to the commercial. Very moving. Thank you for the suggestion.

Thank you so much for giving us this very important background, which deepens our understanding and love for this tune.

I just think it's a shame that everyone knows the slowed down version played at weddings and not the original dance speed

I absolutely LOVE the Pachelbel Canon slow version… have done so for as long as I can recall.

Very good breakdown and expert editing of the visuals. I will check out more of your videos.

Great Video. Heard the canon first on "December" from Georg Winston.

This is such a great and professional analysis of that great piece of music. Thank you so much for your effort ❤

I first heard this music during the interval between films in a cinema around 1969. I was so taken by it I asked the staff to find its name by getting someone to go upstairs to ask the projectionist. The answer was: Raymond LeFevre Orchestra - The Immortal Cannon Of Pachelbel - 1969 45rpm. This was an up-tempo piece, probably the first of the 'pop' versions, and although I was never a pop enthusiast, I went out the next day especially to buy it. Its still here on KZread - search using the title above.

The Pachelbel's Canon registered with me at a very young age. The progression to me was as if nature born. I seem to have been a tuned to it in easily recognizing it in other works. I often tried to argue the point with other music lovers of my genre with little to know traction because I myself didn't understand the musicology of it until this very fine synopsis. Having a long career in spacial and mathematical optimizations, including progression theory, I have not until now been enlightened to the history of music theory and progressions until now having seen this vid. For someone like me who has been on the spectrum for so long in relating my love of music with my love of mathematical modelling, this vid has been a real revelation.

@TeachinTV

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Better late than not at all. 😁

Back in the dark ages when I was a girl, TV stations went off the air at midnight, and our local station played this before signing off. I used to stay up on the weekend to hear it. For years I wanted to know what the name was but there was no way to look it up. Then I head it in a movie and read through the credits to find the name. I have been listening to versions on KZread trying to find the one I remember and I think you've led me to it. Thank you! Only took 50+ years.

@AnHebrewChild

4 ай бұрын

What a beautiful story! Thanks for sharing.

Fabulous . 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 You explain every detail in detail, answering all questions from different perspectives. Love the video, the illustration, the narrator and narrative! Like the chord progression… smooth and very pleasant to listen to. Thank you 🙏 so much

@guweimusic

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

This is excellent material not only due to the historically informed derivation of the chord structure from the Romanesca progression but also for the non-judgmental repertoire of examples, both from classical and pop music. Enjoyed your video a lot!

I'm learning this now, and this was a great insight behind it. Thanks for this video, it's really good!

Thank you for your wonderful elucidation 👏

Well produced video, good job!

thank you for explaining this beautiful piece

Thank you for this insight! This was extremely interesting 👍 Many blessings!!

There is something special about this music. I don't like very much classical music but love this piece. It's soothing, beautiful and inspiring. Thanks for this analysis.

@franwebb7756

Жыл бұрын

My cat loves it.

Even though I had heard Canon in D over the years at various weddings, I did not become fully aware of it until Funtwo's version of Jerry C's guitar rock version some years ago. I made it a mission in life to learn this on my guitar and except for the sweeps, I now play my own version of it. A very fun piece that I never get tired of playing.

This is a classical piece that I have liked since my high school days (80s). I had no idea it was in so much of our pop music we listen to today. And thanks for the brief history and music lesson.

Why can't people just enjoy a well written piece of music?

This is a WONDERFUL video. Thank you so much for producing it. I've tried, and failed miserably, to teach one of my granddaughters how pop music has been influenced and has roots coming from many styles including blues, jazz, Persian, African, classical, and even Klezmer, amongst others. The next granddaughter gets to see this.

I can imagine Pachelbel reacting the same way when people play the Canon as Ravel did when people kept asking him to play Bolero - "You know, I have written OTHER pieces?!"

Thank you for your analysis!

Thanks for that excellent explanation ! Well done.

The history of partimenti and the pedagogy of learning how to improvise (and compose quickly) is very interesting.

To me, Cannon in D and its descending fourths is uniquely, almost perfectly 'mathematical.'

@mcjim2261

Жыл бұрын

The way it starts of simple and gets increasingly complex is almost fractal.

Thank you for an excellent treatise here. Bravo.

A month ago I had a boy ask me my favourite song to play (on piano). First thought: Wow! No one has asked me that before. Second thought: I couldn’t possibly pick! Third thought: Why is Canon coming to mind? THAT can’t be it, with ALL the pieces I’ve learned? Final thought: It is. It’s Canon. I’ve been playing it for 40 years. It was the song I played for my first recital. It is simple. It is overplayed. It is MASSIVELY overplayed. And, I never get sick of it. I love the simplicity. I love that you can make it as long or as short as you want, as simple or as difficult as you want. That a beginner can play it, and a professional still find beauty in it. But mostly? That chord progression is straight up therapy. No matter what craziness is happening at the time, the moment the piece starts, my heartbeat slows down, tension drains away, I want to close my eyes and drift (not good when it comes on while driving!😂). Playing it on the piano is hypnotic. It is perfect.

Thank you for sharing.

I am super grateful for this amazing informative video. I've always wondered about all of this

@guweimusic

Жыл бұрын

Super glad to hear that! :)

the music stirs up the spirit which pierced deep on your very soul.. it's definitely unique beyond compare.. No time can ever replaced the power of this wonderful piece.

I can't say when I first heard this, but probably close to 70 years ago. It still sounds fresh - perhaps its deceptive simplicity which leads to so many variations.

amazing video, good job, Blesings!

Wonderful work research!

thankyou for doing this video, very interesting.. i really like you are taking this piece apart and explaining it.. will have a look and see if you talk about my favourite, tchaikovsky, on your channel.. 🙂 x thankyou!

I first heard it in 1978 (the Paillard version), during a time when my life was falling apart. To me, it was beautiful, melancholy, and meditative. In the shitstorm that was then my life, it was a haven for my soul.I have always been grateful to the friend who turned me on to it.

@billsweigart7571

Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness. This sounds exactly like my life experience!

On a snowy New Year's Eve in the 70's, a high school music teacher played this for a bunch of us guys, and were captivated. It set the tone for the whole rest of the evening. Thank you Lin.

Thanks the history lesson. I now have even a deeper appreciation for the song and chord progression's use in other songs.

When i bought my first CD player around 1987 or so, one of the first two albums i bought was a collection of Baroque works, because it had Canon in D. I thought it would be a great piece to judge CD's and my component system.

The popular Blues Traveler song called 'Hook', is a tribute to Canon in D: using the the chord progression and adding vocals that mimic the 'improvised' melodies of the original. Its very clever, combining many different themes, including the persuasiveness of music in altering our moods, and how that can be used for good or not so good. Thank you for this video!

Thank you! I had no idea the pachelbel themes were used by bach and Mozart. Very interesting video.

I remember hearing Canon in D for the first time on a classical radio station in 1975 or 1976. It as immediately riveting. I was already very familiar with much or classical music, but this reaction was unique for me. I remember wondering how an unknown piece of music could seem so familiar on a first hearing. Now of course, I hope never to hear it again.

thank you for this video!

I've been listening to this piece for 50 or so years and thought I knew a lot about it. Thanks for adding to my knowledge of it. As you point out, it has been adapted by countless artists, one of which is a friend of mine, the Irish fiddler Eileen Ivers. It can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4BqtqquftbapJs.html She starts out fairly straight forward, eventually takes it to a minor key, and then back to major and sped up as it become a full-fledged Irish reel. Enjoy.

@guweimusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! It’s very interesting and refreshing to hear a minor rendition of the piece :)

A really remarkable video ! I wonder if melodies which are composed today are still used in 2320.

Thank you for this information.

Excellent lecture! Please allow me a footnote: Being a classic gem indeed, one of absolute musical masterpieces, it's baroque music, not "classical music".

Thank you for this video. From someone who knows almost nothing about music, I found it captivating, which I guess means that it went above and beyond. Well done!

Thank you so much for this excellent presentation of Pachelbel.

I didn't know how far back the piece went. Definitely learned a few things I would've never come across on my own.

Nice analysis, bravo!

Merci pour cette analyse! 👍

The one reason i know of Canon in D is because of the various guitar/metal covers of it from the early KZread days. Also, alot of punk music uses this, Superman by Goldfinger and Basket Case by Green Day.

your pronunciation is very special. But very interesting. Can you make more videos about music.

Thanks. Quite illuminating!

love that B and E flat works so easy and sounds great

I have sung The First Noel to Canon in D. As well as another song to it. I love this song.

This makes me want to try to pick up my violin again. I stopped playing 20 years and and then some…

Simply it is good to ear , peole who really love music love clssical music ..

Very interesting. Thanks.

As a kid, my first exposure was via Raymond Leppard conducting the English Chamber Orchestra on the "Baroque Favorites" album in the CBS "Great Performances" series. I played that cassette tape to death.

This is my favourite piece of classical music. I walked down the aisle to it. I don’t know what it is about Pachelbel’s Canon in D Minor but it always moves me to tears…..it’s such a moving and emotional piece of music.

@spanqueluv9er

Жыл бұрын

^🙄🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤡

I love Canon. It’s beautiful, it’s moving. I could honestly listen to it anytime.

10 years i have been listening to this canon cannot for get it its so romantic and drama wonderful

That was very interesting, Guwei.

Pachelbel somehow managed to compose a progression that touches all the feel good centers of the soul, if that's not a genius I don't know what is.

Pachelbel’s music is…perfection and genius! Your analysis is truly….excellent…and beautifully presented! 😲 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😊👍👍

In eight years of public school orchestra participation I never had a chance to play this piece. Even the four years of community orchestra after it was not done. I was robbed.

Très intéressant, merci des informations! Et t’as très raison; on entend cette belle chanson partout, mais je ne m’en tanne jamais.

A mention for its influence on Aphrodite Child's "Rain and Tears' " hit in the mid 60s

This was played at my Daughters wedding coming down the isle perfect

Nice video! But they forgot to mention the most famous popsong „Streets of London“ by Ralph McTell, which is obviously based on the fantastic Canon of Pachelbel!

@ukelorenz269

Жыл бұрын

Dear Jörg, Had never thought about it in that way. The “Streets of London” progression is C G Am Em, Izzy’s “What a Wonderful World” is the G D Em Bm progression or as played on Ukulele C G Am Em. Thank You for your comment.

@petermohamed2491

Жыл бұрын

Streets of London is one my all time favorite songs which I first heard when living in London in the early 70s.

i just found a new favorite channel

I saw a meme version where they inserted popculture songs (including "Memories" and "Graduation") while preserving Canon's iconic bassline, and unlike most meme edits this one was actually super smooth, you could barely tell (except when you identified the songs used).

Very Good detail explanation 🎼💪✌️ - eg Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Nicolo Paganini & others classical influences composers 🎼👏💪👏

Because the melody and harmony is appealing to all genres of music and many genres have borrowed phrases from it.

Wonderful video

Since the 1980s, Canon in D has been the most common song played during Wedding receptions in the US and the western world.

Pachebel is the OG of one hit wonders and deservedly so.

Great video!

Very well made video! 👍👍 The short version is : because our brains love repetition and even more so, predictability.

Excellent. This beautiful music sounds so regal. Always reminds me of the old sailing ships and the waves on the sea. And like a wave, it gently rises and falls, both tension and relief in seconds. It features every emotion, from sad, lonely, happy, and elated. Listening makes us breathe to the rhythm gently, and calms the soul. Baroque music was made to calm and soothe us and heal as well as entertain us. Bach's Ayre on a G string, is another example of making us breathe to it also. Studies have shown. that Bourque music is beneficial to health and well-being. This is known as the Mozart effect. Studies have also shown. If plants are playing this music, they grow towards it, and even wrap themselves around the speakers,. Rock music has been shown, to do the opposite. Even cows have been shown, to produce more milk. Thank you for an excellent informative, presentation. just imagine, what this beautiful piece would do to the world, if it was played on giant speakers on a low level every day, and everyone could hear it?.

I never knew the name of the piece or the progression, but I now realise that a piece I wrote back in about 1965 uses this sequence, except that the penultimate chord was not IV but II# (or V of V as it's sometimes called, but some of the examples played use II rather than IV there). I couldn't have heard the piece back then. If only I'd published, and could sue!

@e.conboy4286

Жыл бұрын

Oliver, the wheels on the bus go round and r o u n d ! Publish and copy-write everything! I didn’t, and just look what they’ve gone to my song, man. Everywhere I go they’re singing ‘Ode to Joy’ as if they knew. Joy was my girl! Xoxo, Ludwig von B.

@ol1ver49

Жыл бұрын

@@e.conboy4286 Oh it was a joke

One of the most beautifully pieces of music. ,,..most people don’t realize it’s the main riff of “sing us a song, the piano man” by Billy Joel. Different key, same progression. I always like to start a wedding with his version…..gets the crowd going, lol.

Even though it’s not copying, cause it’s a common enough progression to happen by accident so to speak, I can more or less assure you beethoven and mozart knew pachabel’s canon in d. Those guys knew all the old stuff

Its popularity is because it produces an emotional reaction of calmness and complexity with the resolution that happens right at the final note. What more can you want from a pop song or a piece of classical music?

Excellent! ☺️

Very interesting, thank you

It’s so popular because Pachelbel invented the 1 hit wonder!