Play Canon in D today
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Pachelbel · 1680 · Medium
Canon in D is a piece by Pachelbel, first published in 1680. In Freano it is rated “Medium” and is one of the app's 48 free public-domain pieces.
The app plays it at 84 beats per minute. The melody has 16 notes and takes about 23 seconds at full speed, so you can play it through several times in one short practice session.
It uses 9 different keys, from E4 to F#5 — a span of 14 semitones.
It brings in the black keys C#, F#, which makes it a good next step after the white-key pieces.
The fastest notes are quarter notes.
In Freano it is a right-hand melody; there is no left-hand part for it yet.
This melody was published in 1680, more than a hundred years ago, and is in the public domain. Freano only includes music that is at least a century old, enters the melody itself rather than copying anyone's arrangement, and writes its own left-hand parts.
Install Freano and the piece is ready. No account, no card number.