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Pachelbel Rant from 2006 [Official High Quality Re-Post]

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346K views · comedy · evergreen · Uploaded 2019-11-05

Comedian Rob Paravonian's 'Pachelbel Rant', a comedy bit showing that the chord progression of Pachelbel's Canon underlies countless pop songs. This is a high-quality 2019 re-post of the 2006 original.

Recommended in threads on music copyright and chord progressions as a funny, accurate demonstration that a few chords are fundamental to music.

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4 comments from Hacker News

@beagle32022 · in “What chords do you need?”

Tangentially related, but all you need is Pachelbel's Canon. [VIDEO] (Yes, it's a youtube video, and I hate videos, but this one is worth it)

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@wodenokoto2023 · in “Ed Sheeran Wins Copyright Case over Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’”

I thought you’d link to pachelbel’s rant, which is a funny standup music rant about how the canon is everywhere [VIDEO]

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@wodenokoto2023 · in “Ed Sheeran Demonstrates How Copyright Is Destroying Musicians”

The amount of songs you can play as a medley is staggering to say the least. Last time this was on the front page we were a few who posted different medleys. I’ll repost my favorite, pachhelbels rant: [VIDEO]

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@groby_b2024 · in “Pluckable Strings”

As others said - they're chords. And not just any chords, but chords we know sound great together. (If you haven't seen the 'Pachelbel Rant' yet, you should, it's an entire comedy bit based on the fact that these chords are fundamental to music: [VIDEO] ) If you click on the little notes in the bottom right, you can pick other sets of chords, which give a different "vibe". (Me, I'm partial to the Andalusian ones) That's why common advice to people starting the guitar is "Three chords, you can play anything. Four, you control the mood. Five, you're a god among men"

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