Pachelbel's Canon, also known as Canon in D major (Kanon und Gigue für 3 Violinen mit Generalbaß in German) is the most famous piece of music by German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. It was originally scored for three violins and basso continuo and paired with a gigue in the same key The circumstances of the piece's composition are wholly unknown. The Canon may have been composed for Johann Christoph Bach's wedding, on 23 October 1694, which Pachelbel attended.{W}The song has been covered and re-imagined time after time:
Some years back, comedian/musician Rob Paravonian came to my university in which he performed this same skit. As a former cellist, he points out the repetitiveness of the same chords. I had never forgotten this skit as it was so hilarious.
Then comes the Axis of Awesome, an Australian group who points out the same aspects - including that all the top pop songs use the same 4 chords...
And most recently I stumbled across this woman named Karen Cheng who gave a talk entitled "How To Solve a Song" using music and math at Seattle's IgniteShow.com
Sick of Pachelbel yet?
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