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

RobPRocks · 346.2K views · 2019-11-05 · 5:13

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Overview

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.

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

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2022–2024

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Stand-up & sketch comedy Music theory, synthesis & production

What people said

beagle3 · 2022-04 · Strong recommendation
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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groby_b · 2024-05 · Recommendation
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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wodenokoto · 2023-05 · Recommendation
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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