Canon Rock (music)

Canon Rock (music)

Infobox Song
Name = Canon Rock


Caption = The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8 video] of Pachelbel's Canon has been viewed over 49 million times on YouTube
Artist = JerryC
alt Artist =
Jeong-Hyun Lim

Recorded = Somewhere in Taiwan
Genre = Neo-classical metal
Length = 05:21
Writer = Johann Pachelbel
Composer = JerryC"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 composition contains a variety of melodic licks (more suitable for the advanced guitarists), showing Jerry's unique way of phrasing and his immense finger dexterity. The piece became popular on the internet after a video of JerryC playing the piece was posted [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8590308394895590930 online] . The rendition has been featured in newspapers, magazines, and television shows. The re-arrangement was composed within two weeks.

Currently, JerryC is hosting lessons to teach Canon Rock to amateurs.

Covers

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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 sixteenth most viewed and fourth most "favorited" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8 video] in YouTube history [cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mp&t=a|title=List of YouTube videos by all-time views] [cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mf&t=a|title=List of YouTube videos by all-time top favorites] with over 49 million views and counting.

Many people have covered Canon Rock, often posting videos of the cover on sites such as YouTube or Google Video. For the best example of this, there is a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMWl_5NujBw&feature=related medley] posted to YouTube in June 2007 which features over two dozen different individuals playing this piece.

Many Canon Rock covers are filmed in private locations, allowing the artist to record the performance as many times as needed to achieve a note-perfect recording.

Tablature

Tablature for JerryC's and MattRach's versions of the piece is available [cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/j/jerryc/canon_rock_tab.htm|title=Canon Rock Tab by Jerryc, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com] [cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/m/misc_unsigned_bands/mattrach_-_new_canon_rock_tab.htm|title=Mattrach - New Canon Rock Tab by Misc Unsigned Bands, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com] .

References

External links

* [http://www.jerryc.tw/ JerryC and the C band's webpage]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/arts/television/27heff.html New York Times article on Canon Rock]
* [http://screens.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/the-anthologist/ another New York Times article on Canon Rock]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMWl_5NujBw Ultimate Canon Rock]


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