Canon Rock (music)
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"Canon Rock" is a Neo-classical metal arrangement of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D major by the Taiwanese musician and composer Jerry Chang (JerryC). The piece became popular on the internet after a video of JerryC playing the piece was posted online. The rendition has been featured in newspapers, magazines, and television shows. Canon Rock has been covered many times on various internet communities such as YouTube and Google Video. The arrangement was composed within two weeks.
Currently, JerryC is hosting lessons to teach Canon Rock to amateurs.
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[edit] Covers
The most famous of the covers is by a South Korean guitarist named Jeong-Hyun Lim, who is more popularly known by his internet alias, "funtwo". His video is the seventeenth most viewed and fourth most "favorited" video in YouTube history[1][2] with over 44 million views and counting.
People of various ages have covered Canon Rock, from age of 12 to even as old as 80. For the best example of this, there is a medley posted to YouTube in June 2007 which features over two dozen different individuals playing this piece.
The piece has been covered on other instruments, such as the violin and piano. There have been covers using cell phones [1] [2] as well.
[edit] Tablature
Tablature for JerryC's and MattRach's versions of the piece are available[3][4], but tabs for funtwo's version are not.
[edit] References
- ^ List of YouTube videos by all-time views.
- ^ List of YouTube videos by all-time top favorites.
- ^ Canon Rock Tab by Jerryc, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com.
- ^ Mattrach - New Canon Rock Tab by Misc Unsigned Bands, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com.
