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Monday, March 1, 2010

"Variations on a Kanon"

So today I decided to go for a more classical piano piece today! -"Canon in D" by Johann Pachelbel (also known as "Pachelbel's Canon")! I've actually played this song on the violin before, in orchestra, and in a small quartet in church, and I loved the way the various different instruments, violin, viola, cello, blended together to form such a poigant, soothing melody- it really is one of my favorite classical pieces!
Even though I really liked though I really like the original piano version of the song:

credit: http://www.youtube.com/v/H1kGJoGVpOs&hl

I could only find music for the George Winston arrangement of "Variations on the Kanon" by Johann Pachelbel. Yet after playing it, I was pleasantly surprised to find I actually enjoyed this version of "Pachelbel's Canon" a little bit better than the original; I think its because while the original version is mainly a piano solo and focuses on the melody (kind of like playing mainly the first violin part in a quartet arrangement of this piece), George Winston's arrangement includes many chords (vs. the original piece starting off w/ single notes) that add a sort of richness to the piece (similar to achieving the same musical quality as when an entire quartet plays the piece versus just the first violin's melody)...but that's just my opinion >_<
Hope you enjoy this version as much as I did! :

credit: http://www.youtube.com/v/kllZlF6mB2s&hl

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