Hi all,

Listen to Beautiful arrangement Variations on Pachelbel's Canon in D -Jeffrey Michael.

His web sites:
www.fireheartmusic.com

Could you please post a deeper link, jac?
Maybe I'm blind, but I've been hunting on his site for a while and can't find this particular piece.

Thanks,
Bob

http://www.fireheartmusic.com/recordings.htm

Scroll down to the album titled "Reflections" and click on track 6.

BTW:

I just finished listening to a few tracks and was so impressed that I ordered his entire collection.

Rodney

Hi Bob,

Apologize for the not providing a deeper link.
I believe Rodney have lead you the way.

Sorry to say i can't locate his score for his arrangement.SO SAD

Nevertheless hope you do enjoy his unique way of arrangement.

Thanks Rodney!

I like his variations, but i prefer George Winston's over his. The only problem there is George Winston doesn't sell sheet music in the U.S. and i had previously got it from a japenese site that is now offline...

Will check out this link as soon as I get home (something to look forward to!)

Although I love the Canon in D (and have played an "orthodox" version of it that I really like), I have to say that George Winston's variations totally captivate me. And frustrate me since I cannot get this piece down to my satisfaction (or anyone else's I'm sure!)

If you get the anniversary issue of his December album, you can put the CD in a computer and print out the sheet music to his Canon variations (that's how I got it)

His music was published at one time in Japan and Korea but apparently is not anymore (another thing that also frustrates me to no end) There are some sheet music sharing sites where you might be able to find someone to trade with if you want music for other GW pieces, althuogh the legality of it is apparently questionable...

Ok, I'm listening to the link now. Is it just me or would this be better if it was just solo piano? Maybe I will never think much of this version because I am much too fond of George Winston's variations on the Canon...

I don't know if George Winston is considered new age, but I tend not to like new age (although I Geogre Winston's non-original music, i.e. Canon, Holly and the Ivy etc) Is Jeffrey Michael new age?

In any case, I will have to withhold my verdict a little longer on Jeffrey Michael, but it looks like you can listen to a lot of selections from his CDs on this site (if you can see the CDs, with song lists, the ones underlined can be clicked on)

Mmm,i think Jeffrey Michael is considered as Coverer - he usually arrange other people music.

He also belong to New Age category.

Next,since you are so much into George Winston's,maybe you would like to share his link if you have any?

It could be anything about him or his life and music.

Not sure of the legality of it so view/download/print at your own discression.

http://students.washington.edu/yenqut/Canon%20in%20D%20-%20George%20Winston.pdf

Rodney

David Lanz's Improv on Pachelbel's Canon

For the chord progression Lanz plays the following left hand inversions:

| D | A/C# | B- | F#-/A |
| G | D/F# | G | A |
(cut time)


60 second audio demo here (track 16):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...=music&n=507846

The note pattern he is playing frequently in his left hand arpeggio for the D major chord: D-upA-upE-downA-upD-downA-upE-downA

http://infinity.hispeed.com/Canon/index.htm

Another site if you are interested in many variation of Canon as MIDI files.

Again, I'm not sure of copyright issues so use/view/listen at your own discression.

Rodney

Here is George Winston's website

http://www.georgewinston.com/index.html

I noticed that he has several anniversary issues CDs that include printable sheet music for one song on each album. I don't know what his problem with publishing his sheet music is! I know that his sheet music is shared on internet, in other words mostly illegally and certainly with no profit to him. If he published his music, I would definitely buy it. Does anyone know why he refuses to allow his music to be printed and sold? It seems like he would make a lot of money off of it if he did...

I just went to his website and saw that. Thanks for telling me about that i had no idea, and would have never seen the music again! I just ordered it off his site, so i should be up to playing that in a few weeks!

What do you mean, "up to tplaying that in a few weeks"??? Kyaa... it's taking me forever.

BTW, the first thing I did when I printed out that sheet music was copy it, cut all the staff into pieces (so I had strips for each line of the grand staff) and paste it onto a bigger piece of paper (didn't change the number of pages though)

The music was so cramped on the page that every time I played it, I felt like I was lost in a dense forest. Now, I have it all spread out and easy to read-- and I still can't play it :0 But I'm getting there...

PianoBeast, be sure to tell us what you think when you start playing it.

Rodney and Rintin -

Thanks for your links and postings. I found the sheet music helpful. It filled in gaps I had of "aurally" transcribing the Winston piece. Especially the use of the D natural on the F chord suggests a II-V-I cadence where the F is a substitute Dmin7. I remember hearing the Lanz version a while ago and it inspired my version of it in D major when I practice.

The Canon is interesting in that it is a cycle of chords that remain in the tonic key. It allows for a lot of freedom. I wonder if in Pachelbel's time it was not improvised often as we do. I can only imagine it was.

This cycle seems to have influenced even pop songs. Think Elton John and Billy Joel's "Piano Man" - even the Beatle's "Let it Be".

I've gone back to the piano to try out some things with this piece. When I get the courage I will try a faithful transcription from that PDF. However I like to improvise. Here's a quick excpert I just did - warts and all - to try a ”popular sound” on the key of D variations that Rintin spelled out.

http://home.cogeco.ca/~rjarovi/pachelbel.mp3

It sure would be great if anybody knew of a link to the David Lanz score in pdf file for study purposes.

You are right on about the similarities between the Canon and The Piano Man and Let It Be.

How many other version of Cannon is there in the web?
It seem like a lot of many others have this piece play in different arrangment.

1)David Lanz
2)Jeffrey Michael
3)George Winston
4)Elton John and Billy Joel

It is so fascinating and it could be best to have them all in your pocket with the sheet music.
Haha

Last week I was on a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico, laying on a deck chair, sipping rum and listening to the band. Today it is -35 out with the windchill.

This is how that band might have played it.

http://home.cogeco.ca/~rjarovi/pach-beach.mp3

Elton John and Billy Joel don't play variations on Pachelbel's Canon. The Piano Man in 3/4 is by Billy Joel and has a chord progression that is only slightly similar.

This arrangement (paraphrase?) sounds quite imaginative beyond the basic start:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhPapOugeIU
{please forgive the not-good-enough small organ}

anyone having access to sheet of this, or able to extract it ?

What makes it 'in the same family' as the original Canon,
besides the harmonic progression cycle ?

To me, it sounds farther than, say,
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" from Bach - Air on the G String
or
Vangelis "Conquest of Paradise" from the Soviet anthem ;-)

This is an enlightening video of Pachelbel


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM