Pachelbel’s Canon

Pachelbel’s Canon can easily be performed solo, but makes a good team piece.

• Player one traces the path of the chords. Black notes are switched off.
• The path starts simply with a diagonal pattern of six moves alternating upward and downward.
• The pattern is completed with a path of three moves in a straight line to the home location.
• Then the pattern repeats.
• Player 3 simply alternates the inversion between second and first inversion for each chord.
• Player 3 waits for the event before reaching home and alters the chord to a suspended 4th.

A team of three complete beginners can typically can typically learn to play this chord sequence note perfect in 5 – 10 minutes.