Pachelbel's Canon in D

[Saint Nick]

Make me feel like...

...pooping?

 

[thirdlegstump]

It makes me want to have a tea party with Cartman. Actually I agree with some of the notes above. It is a very simple tune technically and can often become boring for a trained ear as it is merely an excercise of basic triad arpeggios and diatonic linear scales played in very simple rhythm, but when the right mixtures of instruments and players ensemble this little tune, it can sound amazingly deep and rich even to the most trained ears as more accomplished musicians often tend to embellish even the most simple basic music with their own improvised harmonic variations as they listen. I still love this tune.

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: deathkoba
It makes me want to have a tea party with Cartman. Actually I agree with some of the notes above. It is a very simple tune technically and can often become boring for a trained ear as it is merely an excercise of basic triad arpeggios and diatonic linear scales played in very simple rhythm, but when the right mixtures of instruments and players ensemble this little tune, it can sound amazingly deep and rich even to the most trained ears as more accomplished musicians often tend to embellish even the most simple basic music with their own improvised harmonic variations as they listen. I still love this tune.

I've never heard anything other than over-schmalzted, modern instrument and modern practice versions of it. I do plenty of improv ornamentation myself when I play baroque music so I'd be interested in hearing a "cool" version of the OMGTACOBELLCANON.

 

[imported_MadHatter]

:thumbsup: Great song! I love the all strings version. I've heard it on piano and with a harpsichord (sp?), but strings is still the best.

 

[mezrah]

Originally posted by: Avid USER
Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy owns that song.

:music:

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: oboeguy
Yay! Another "Taco Bell Canon is the best EVAR!" thread. :disgust:

I always thought the Taco Bell Canon was a symptom of too much Taco Bell, not a song. Who is it by?

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: serialkiller
love that song... along with bach's air....

Bach's "air"? Any particular one? He wrote hundreds.

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: oboeguy
Yay! Another "Taco Bell Canon is the best EVAR!" thread. :disgust:

I always thought the Taco Bell Canon was a symptom of too much Taco Bell, not a song. Who is it by?

Heh, good one. A music pal of mine and I always call it that (the music). I like your interpretation. I think it's by Will B. Sicksoon.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: Imdmn04
Canon is a pretty much a played out song.

It sounds good to the untrained ear, but any musician will tell you that musically it is not a very sophiticated song.

Not really. Pachelbel was a master of counterpoint. He wrote a gigantic body of fugal music, and was one of Bach's major influences.

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: oboeguy

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: oboeguy
Yay! Another "Taco Bell Canon is the best EVAR!" thread. :disgust:

I always thought the Taco Bell Canon was a symptom of too much Taco Bell, not a song. Who is it by?

Heh, good one. A music pal of mine and I always call it that (the music). I like your interpretation. I think it's by Will B. Sicksoon.

:laugh::thumbsup:

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: Imdmn04
Canon is a pretty much a played out song.

It sounds good to the untrained ear, but any musician will tell you that musically it is not a very sophiticated song.

Don't get me wrong, I love overly technical,highly theoretical mental masurbation pieces, but I recognize them for what they are.
Just because something is simple doesn't mean it's bad.
Canon is played out though, unfortunetly.

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: serialkiller
love that song... along with bach's air....

Bach's "air"? Any particular one? He wrote hundreds.

The "air" after a "Taco Bell Canon" as described by tweakmm.

Not really. Pachelbel was a master of counterpoint. He wrote a gigantic body of fugal music, and was one of Bach's major influences.

Blahblahblah friend with Bach blahblablah but this one canon ain't a masterpiece. It's nice though.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: oboeguy
Blahblahblah friend with Bach blahblablah but this one canon ain't a masterpiece. It's nice though.

And? Who said anything about masterpieces until you showed up?

Edit: I've never heard of Bach being friends with Pachelbel. According to this link (http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/jpachelbel.html) Pachelbel taught Bach's older brother, but it also simply says that Bach admired Pachelbel. There was quite an age difference between the two.

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: oboeguy
Blahblahblah friend with Bach blahblablah but this one canon ain't a masterpiece. It's nice though.

And? Who said anything about masterpieces until you showed up?

Originally posted by: tweakmm
One of the greatest songs ever.

Ha!

Edit: I've never heard of Bach being friends with Pachelbel. According to this link (http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/jpachelbel.html) Pachelbel taught Bach's older brother, but it also simply says that Bach admired Pachelbel. There was quite an age difference between the two.

Maybe I'm mixing him up with Zelenka? (were they even friends?) I'm almost sure I read that somewhere, though. Meh.

It's so much fun to argue with you guys. :heart:

 

[stan394]

Originally posted by: Sheepathon
That song makes me feel korean.

QFT

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: oboeguy

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: oboeguy
Blahblahblah friend with Bach blahblablah but this one canon ain't a masterpiece. It's nice though.

And? Who said anything about masterpieces until you showed up?

Originally posted by: tweakmm
One of the greatest songs ever.

Ha!

There's a difference between a great song and a masterpiece. The canon is a great "song". It's a little too conventional to be considered a masterpiece though. Calling something a masterpiece generally means that you are acknowledging the outstanding skill of the creator and the outstanding skill utilized relative to his other works in order to make that specific work.