Canon in D (theme)
by Johann Pachelbel
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- Key
- D major
- Tempo
- ♩ = 60
- Time
- 4/4
- Bars
- 8
- Level
- Beginner · Difficulty 1 of 10
- Genre
- Classical
- Origin
- Germany
- Composer
- Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)
About this piece
The eight-note bass line that repeats under the whole canon, with the first melody that enters over it. The same pattern of chords has carried countless songs since.
Why it is free to use
Johann Pachelbel died in 1706, more than 70 years ago, and the piece dates from about 1690. This encoding is our own; no published edition was copied.
About this score
This score of Canon in D (theme) is a short excerpt (the opening, or the first verse of the song), not the whole piece. It was written by SampLab Pro from the public-domain music. It is not copied from any printed edition, MIDI file or recording. We place our score in the public domain (CC0 1.0): anyone may copy, change, share and use it, including commercially, without asking. The left hand was written note by note.