Canon Rock (music)
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Released | December 5, 2005 |
"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 lines showing Jerry's style of phrasing[clarification needed] his fingers. The piece became popular on the internet after a video of JerryC was posted on Google Videos.
The rendition has been featured in newspapers, magazines, and television shows. The re-arrangement was composed within two weeks.
See also
- Christmas Canon, an earlier interpretation of the Canon, by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
- Lim Jeong-hyun, a South Korean guitarist with a popular cover of Canon Rock on YouTube.