When I learn of a musician’s departure, I instantly hear his or her music in my head. Last week, I checked my phone and read “RIP George Winston” in my Facebook feed. His Pachelbel Canon Variations entered my sound space immediately. Although I was on my way out, I couldn’t resist but record a short video clip on my piano. Since then I have been noodling over how to introduce his music to my piano students. Today I will show the eight-chord progression as an exercise in block and broken chords and inversions in my piano harmonization class in Zoom.
UPDATE: Get the opening of Pachelbel’s Canon in C in the new book “Step by Step to Chord Melody” – it’s a bonus 2-pages for beginners to solo or duet with others. Available worldwide on Amazon as paperback in Black & White, Premium Color, and on Kindle.
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