Greatpiece for sure, i prefer Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, always been my favourite. ;)

It is beautiful, and I'm grateful for this thread. Obviously I've heard it a million times, but could never put a name to it until I gave it a Google just now. One of my favourite Classical pieces.

:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown: PACHELBEL "Canon in D major"

If it's not the most beautiful, it is definitely one of the most popular.

I definitely love Canon, one of the best one hit wonders in history. Chopin has some really beautiful pieces though. Don't forget Debussy's Claire de Lune or Mozart's Fantasy in D minor. Those could definitely compete with Canon.

i think its overplayed
but it is very beautiful as long as its played right

I have really grown to hate Canon in D. It's the most overplayed piece ever. It's an elementary recital piece that is designed for children, and follows a very simple chord progression. Yes, some simple and minimalist music can be awesome, but I put Canon in D and the same category of lullabies and children's music. The chord progression has been used in a million pop songs too.

Agreed..

I think its a beautiful piece but I've heard it so many times now that I just can't stand listening to it anymore..

Played this in Orchestra, and I agree that it's way too overplayed, but it is quite a beautiful song...not the most beautiful, but it gets the job done.

It's my favourite classical piece. That and Morning Mood. I creates very beautiful images in my head :o:

Yeah, so this thread is a year old.... I'll put in my 2 cents anyways. I like Pachelbel's Canon in D, but Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is just as beautiful. Take a listen, but the video it accompanies is hard to watch.

I agree Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is a moving piece because it has a lovely, though short, theme, and a deeply somber mood...which fits well the video of the Sept. 11th attacks. However, I feel the piece goes on much too long. It also feels melodramatic to me...perhaps because it does go on so long, repeating the short theme again and again and again. I do very much like the buildup to the resolution around 6:50.

So, I prefer Pachelbel's Canon in D. I like the longer theme and its overlapping repetition (the canon structure), which satisfy me intellectually more than the Barber piece. More important, though, to me is the feeling of the song. Pachelbel's Canon feels exquisite to me. The structure seems invisible and effortless beneath the piece's feeling of supreme joy touched with sadness. Pachelbel's Canon in D epitomizes uplifting music, while Barber's adagio emphasizes tragedy: quite opposite pieces in this regard, really.

Like others in the thread said, Canon in D is played very frequently...yet I understand why. It is a beautiful and extremely well-crafted, succinct piece. I even played it on my violin as part of a quartet at my own wedding, which was fun not only because I always liked playing Pachelbel's Cannon, but also because I liked breaking the rule about "not seeing the bride" before the ceremony. :)

Now we can have a "sound-off" and you can listen to this version of Pachelbel's Canon in D to compare with Barber's Adagio for Strings. Can I lure you back to the Pachelbel fold?

I love Pachelbel's Canon, but I can't stop getting the Pachelbel rant out of my head when I think of it, haha. I love hearing it being played. Even though when I was in a quartet I was a violist and my part wasn't too great, but it was always nice hearing the violins doing their thing. lol

i like it... its really pretty.

Viola players don't always get the love they should, do they, almonds! ;)

I actually often prefer the warmer, lower sound of the viola to the thinner, higher sound of the violin. Pachelbel's Canon is a great one to play if you are the violinists, though. I must confess I don't usually get "viola" envy, because they often don't get the most exciting parts.

Yes, it is pretty, isn't it?

I'm sure it's been said on this thread before, but the piece is everywhere in pop music. It's such a nice progression though so I don't mind.

Very overrated piece. :)

Not at all :)

Why? Because it wasn't composed by Mozart?

You forgot your smiley :)

Oh don't be nit-picky now... :)

I loved it. But it was played so much that I am completely over it. I just got sick of it.

i love this tune i listen to this tune all the time and it is a hard and impossible
tune to learn...

Not really. In fact, not at all. That's why it's so widely implemented in pop music. Green Day, Kelly Clarkson, Bush... about a million other people I forget to mention... all have used a bit of Canon in D.

A comment on the youtube video says,

this is my graduation music nigga im crying like a bitch i must salute..

:laughing:

Hardly. The progression is very straightforward and the melody harmonizes with itself, hence the fact that it's a canon :)

If I were Pachabel I would be super pissed that this was my legacy.

Wow, the second response in this thread is pretty hilarious:

:laughing:

I must have missed that post! Wow. Canon in D was composed by neither Beethoven nor Mozart! :laughing:

Yeah, it was composed by Tchaikovsky, guys. Let's all learn to do our research.

(do YOU get the joke?)

har har har.

Have any of you herd of the cannon rock version on youtube
i mean that tune was like wayyyy... to much, but it sounded good though
on electric gitar.

I really like the piece. However, it's over used all the time for weddings and such which kind of takes away from its awesomness for me.

nobody messes with the Taco Bell

What?

Pachelbel = Taco Bell?

geddit?

(not my joke, it's some dude from Mr.Big's)

No. Please explain in detail to me why that is funny.

it just sounds funny to me

i'm not really certain about American humor anyway - I'm more a dry wit/sarcasm kinda person

I added this to my favorites, years ago and used to listen to it every morning before classes.