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Jan
09
2008

Pachelbel

Posted by: Aaron Brazell

I found this via Facebook. One of my friends sent this to me and I laughed so hard I watched it 3 times in a row. See, if you’re a musician as I am, you know that music is just a bunch of patterns. It’s mathematical, really. So it’s not all that unusual for “progressions” to repeat or be duplicated between songs. It’s unintentional mostly, but thats the nature of patterns.

Apparently, everyone loves the Canon in D patterns. ;-)

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About the Author: Aaron Brazell is the lead editor of Technosailor.com and a social media expert. His passion is to see companies and individuals use the internet and web technologies wisely and effectively to promote their brands and companies. He served as Director of Technology at b5media from 2005-2008 and is currently an independent consultant.
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42 Responses to “Pachelbel”

  1. 1
    Darren Says:

    hehe - nice one.

    January 9th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
  2. 2
    danithew Says:

    After seeing this, I’ll never again hear Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Going to Take It” the same way as before.

    January 9th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
  3. 3
    Brian Layman Says:

    I love paravovian’s stuff… he’s pretty good. This was hilarious…

    January 10th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
  4. 4
    MsInformation Says:

    I really enjoyed it. Aside from the PDQ Bachness of the musical jokes, Paravonian’s sense of his audience and rapport is definitely part of the coolness. Thanks, Aaron.

    January 10th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
  5. 5
    JhonD Says:

    lol - very nice

    January 11th, 2008 at 3:33 am
  6. 6
    greg g. Says:

    That was awesome!

    January 14th, 2008 at 8:43 am
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    Cameron Says:

    This guy came to our school, it is a lot better in person, he is pretty much amazing.

    Cameron

    January 24th, 2008 at 11:27 am
  8. 8
    Red Icculus Says:

    Pachelbells canon is following me thanks to a standup comedian, ahhh!

    January 27th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
  9. 9
    Ticklepiggy Says:

    Now I’ll hear him everywhere…
    He’s right, everybody uses Canon….Crap.

    February 17th, 2008 at 10:13 am
  10. 10
    Xenu Says:

    That was hilarious..
    ..and I’ve used Canon before too….damnit!!!

    February 27th, 2008 at 3:28 am
  11. 11
    Beth Says:

    I saw this guy live! It was soooo awesome. I met him and everything!!

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
  12. 12
    Jim Says:

    his first name IS Johann

    April 9th, 2008 at 12:41 am
  13. 13
    Larkyn Says:

    HAHA! I can relate, I play cello too, and I agree. It’s insane! The cello part is so boring for that song lol

    April 9th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
  14. 14
    Mike Says:

    Yeah a lot of people use it, but most of the songs he was singing only use two or three chords out of the EIGHT, so its funnier if you’re not a musician.. or if you just didn’t know that

    April 9th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
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    Chase Says:

    I used to play cello. It was back in the 6th and 7th grade,(I’m a freshman in college now), I’d give my left foor to play it again. I loved it. Rob just makes it even more enjoyable. Every time I watch this I crack up.

    April 10th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
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    Taylor Says:

    I play bass, this guy is just whiny, i mean at least he got to sit down while he played the notes over and over.

    April 12th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
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    mw Says:

    seen it

    April 13th, 2008 at 9:16 am
  18. 18
    Darian Knight Says:

    Do you have the time to listen to me whine… la da da, da da, da da da, da da dada da… lol

    He has a very good point..

    April 13th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
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    Michelle Says:

    As a fellow child cellist I can say he speaks the truth. which is why now at 16 I can throw a right hook better than any guy I know, and over 27 different ways to prevent something, 2 twice the size and 100 times more delicate than you , from breaking. Don’t touch my cello or else. Hit someone just rigth with an endpin and they will never have chidren.

    April 13th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
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    Amy Says:

    I’ve seen this guy live. He’s hilarious. he came to my school.

    April 14th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
  21. 21
    Katie Says:

    Oh god! That was hilarious! That so awesome!!!

    April 14th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
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    cellist Says:

    this. is. SO UNBELIEVABLY TRUE. I have been thinking this exact thing my ENTIRE. LIFE. and thank god people now know how horrible the cello part is and how often we play it!

    April 16th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
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    Coley D Says:

    FINALLY SOMEONE HAS SHARED OUR PAIN WITH THE WORLD
    That cello part is soo boring. I invented 50 different fingerings (including using my chin, nose, (that one hurts though) Knuckles etc to play the notes)

    and yes, hit someone with an endpin just right and you can maim somebody in pretty much anyway you can think of.

    It comes up in weddings so often aswell

    April 18th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
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    DAVE. YEAH, DAVE Says:

    He took a couple of slight liberties there but still pretty damn funny.

    April 19th, 2008 at 2:23 am
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    Brandon Says:

    If you plan on seeing him, don\’t watch this too much. While it is awesome, he does it basically exactly that way, which makes it not as funny seeing it after watching it online. And to contribute to the musical complaints… At least Cello notes are on the beat, play a Sousa song on a French Horn and prepare to belt out off beats for 4 pages straight

    April 22nd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
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    _ed Says:

    I recognized Vitamin C’s Friends Forever but I never realized that same little melody was used so much. Brilliant piece.

    April 27th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
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    Pangaean Says:

    Oh boy, Pachebel was just following you before this, now he is following many more. Do you think he will go easy on you if you share the burden? :)

    That was just great.

    May 6th, 2008 at 12:52 am
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    SadPanda Says:

    “He took a couple of slight liberties there”?

    Dave (yeah you Dave), you are incredibly boring!

    May 11th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
  29. 29
    Monty Says:

    That is amazing, I knew a couple of those but, i had no clue there were that many.

    May 17th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
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    Biff Says:

    I agree with dave. Not all the chord progressions he plays are exact, such as his Aerosmith song, and No Woman No Cry, that he uses. Also, You have to be realistic about the simple fact of music: You have 12 basic chords you can use, 48 if you want to differentiate major, minor, augmented and diminished. from those chords only so many progressions can be reached that will , arguably, sound good to the human ear. As a result, considering that huge amount of musical material that has been generated since we started with gregorian chant after the fall of the Roman empire, there is alot of overlap, especially in chord progressions that are the most pleasing to the human ear, the progression of pachabel’s Canon being one. This is also hindered by the fact that the key of D is a very, very popular key.

    all that being said, This is a very funny skit, and I enjoyed it a lot when i heard it.

    Biff

    May 19th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
  31. 31
    BenB Says:

    Awesome, awesome, just brilliant, good effort Aaron!!

    May 20th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
  32. 32
    Chipper Says:

    its so true! i’ve played this song on my cello. it sucks!!! and THIS IS HILARIOUS!!!!

    May 24th, 2008 at 12:06 am
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    Celeste Says:

    OMG I can relate xD I play the Bass Clarinet [don't get me wrong, best frickin instrument ever] but we played a piece called “A Christmas Canon” and it was a mix between the First Noel and Canon… all I played was the opening cello riff twice every eight measures or so. It made me so maaaad.

    May 27th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
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    Scarlett_156 Says:

    What a blast from the past. It made me remember my highschool orchestra days. And yeah–he has an excellent point, people are WAY too hung up on that damned piece. With a lot of people it’s like the only classical piece they can name. When I played with a quartet for awhile we would do garden parties and other mild-mannered social events and without fail there would be these starry-eyed bourgeoise ladies coming up when they saw us getting set up to ask us if we knew the Canon in D. (Slowly I turned… step by step…) You can almost play a drinking game with it when you watch TV because so many advertisements use it.

    It’s kinda like people wanting to hear “Free Bird” when your band is gigging at a biker bar. (yours in Chaos, Scarlett)

    May 29th, 2008 at 3:53 am
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    lucy Says:

    that was not funny in any way.

    May 29th, 2008 at 9:50 am
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    Leighann Says:

    This is amazing. =D

    May 29th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
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    JD Says:

    He threw in the theme to Laverne & Shirley. That’s freakin brilliant!

    June 11th, 2008 at 9:46 am
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    CP Says:

    BRILLIANT!

    June 17th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
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    Mark Says:

    Haha funny. Great watch.

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    June 18th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
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    violinist Says:

    I remember practicing this song for graduation in high school…I was a 1st violin and every time we messed up, I thought the cellists were going to kill us!!! haha…this was great

    June 20th, 2008 at 6:33 am
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    paresh Says:

    its different.

    July 3rd, 2008 at 8:40 am
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    Eric Says:

    Pretty damn funny…

    July 4th, 2008 at 2:36 pm

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