Song 55 in Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors

Canon in D (Theme)

Also known as: Pachelbel's Canon, Kanon und Gigue in D-Dur

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Piano

For Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors.

Slow (70% speed) (1:29)
Learn with this one first.

Normal speed (1:03)
The speed printed on the page.

Play-along (1:03)
Just the accompaniment, no tune: you play or sing the melody.

Music: Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)
First published: Composed c. 1680–1706; manuscript copy Berlin State Library Mus.ms. 16481/8; first printed 1919 (ed. Gustav Beckmann)
Copyright: Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.