Youtube rant on Pachelbel's Canon

[ejp626]

I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere in the forums, but this is pretty funny. Rob Paravonian shows how basically half of today's music uses the chords behind Pachelbel's Canon (or Pachabel's Canon). It's worth watching to the end. Pachabel on Youtube

Edited December 26, 2006 by ejp626

[JSngry]

Clever!

[mikeweil]

Nothing new to me: An old friend of mine discovered just that when he started writing a guitar harmony book a year ago. There are some chord sequences, many of them popular in the baroque age, like the ciacona, passacaglia, follia etc., that go back to very old folk songs and are simply logic and easy to memorize and play. The one the Pachelbel Canon in based upon is one of them.

[Jim Alfredson]

And in response, one of the most viewed videos on YouTube (over 12 million views):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

[chitownjazz]

I think Jim's link is much funnier.

[Jim Alfredson]

Me too.