Mikey Mayer ¢ Histo ae Music History Outline Te , Y Thesis Statement: Johannes Pachelbel conic piece, Canon in D, is important in many ways. The continued uses of the piece can be heard in music today through its simple chord progression and its popularity in different songs. In this paper, | will analyze the original piece and determine why its core progression is still used today. Also, the piece has been used in the psychology field, and | will also talk about the use the piece has on the human brain Acs Cass Biography: Johan Pachelbel was bom in 1653 in Nuremburg, Germany. He is mostly known for his piece emposed Canon in D, but he madé much more than that-He was a strong protestant and wrote chorales, but many of his pieces are hard to date. His chorale writing would later have an influence on Johannes Sebastian Bach. He is seen as “an important figure in both keyboard and Protestant he church music” (Cummings). He did go to a university at Altdorf, but came from a poor family, sé _he did not stay in school very long, he played as an organist throughout Germany and composed dur of course, his most famous piece, Canon in D. He died in Nuremburg in 1706. Analysis: Pachelbel utilized a chord progression that has since been made famous through other songs using it in pop culture. In this section I will explain why the use of this chord progression is pleasing to the ear. | will explain how the layering of each part of the musicthe-saniin,is used to ‘Grther the pleasant sound of the piece. I will ls analyze the piece in terms of the importance it had in music theory at the time that it was written as well. Thore Analys's teeiit needed : matody , hacen em, teste, etc.History: In this section I will explain Canon in D major’s continued use in modern day, How other artists use the same famous chord progression that was used about 300 years ago. [ can use my citation from (Chamings) to further my point in the use of the piece. | can also explain why there has been a recent surge of using the musie in the past forty years, and not in other eras of music. His pieces often were hard to date, thus hard to credit with him. It was in the 1970s that a movie used Canon in D major and popularized the piece in pop culture. Although the chord progression is used in modern day, many people do not know that the source of the common progression is Pachelbel’s. Psychology: Pachelbel mous piece goes farther than the music field, Canon in D is also used in the psychology field as well. In my sources, it says that studies are conducted using Pachelbel’s Canon in D major in terms of relaxation and heart rate. I can further explain possibly what makes — Ge the piece so relaxing and why it is common for a psychology study. I ean also elaborate on what peck the study was trying to prove and how the piece is being used not only as a piece of music but by .s.:a/ also as a tool to study the mind. I can also use this piece to further explain how music hasan 404s impact on the brain and how this piece can help with motivation when studying, Conclusion: 1 will use this section to reiterate the main points I found throughout the paper, I will also use this section to give further insight on Canon in D and wh should still be used in pop culture,