SONG · INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC DOMAIN

Canon in D

Johann Pachelbel · also known as Pachelbel Canon, Pachelbel's Canon, Canon, Canon in D Major

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0:00 1:09 · ♩ = 66

CANON IN D — MELODY + ACCOMPANIMENT Engraved with Verovio (verovio.org)

DIFFICULTY: Intermediate
BARS: 19
SECTIONS: 11
TEMPO: ♩ = 66
MELODY NOTES: 133
PARTS: Melody + chords

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Canon in D major, composed c. 1694. Public domain. Rithm arrangement: the full eight-chord ground cycle (D A B F#m G D G A) with an arpeggiated accompaniment, and the first violin's opening strains through the first sixteenth-note strain, from the public-domain Mutopia edition of the original parts. The later strains use 32nd notes this format cannot yet hold, so they are not included.

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