Public-domain song
Canon in D
- Key signature
- 2 sharps: F♯, C♯
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Origin
- The first violin line over the ground bass; the Canon was first printed in 1919.
Public domain: by Johann Pachelbel, who died in 1706; first published in 1919.
Written out here note by note as a melody only: no lyrics and no accompaniment.
The two parts
Part 1
The phrase people know, short enough to learn in a sitting.
- Length
- 4 bars, 16 notes
- Tempo
- ♩ = 64
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Range
- E4 to F♯5
- Note values
- quarter notes
Part 2: the complete song
The whole tune: its melody once through to its end, without the repeats a performance would add.
- Length
- 13 bars, 113 notes
- Tempo
- ♩ = 72
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Range
- B3 to B5
- Note values
- whole notes, quarter notes, dotted eighth notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes
Earn a star on the first part to open the complete song.
Lessons that use this song
Each of these lessons opens the first part.