Piano Roll — Pachelbel's Canon in D, Ground Bass and First Entry
Two statements of the eight-note ground bass D–A–B–F♯–G–D–G–A with its chords, the second joined by the first violin's descending line F♯–E–D–C♯–B–A–B–C♯ — each melody note a chord tone of the harmony beneath it, which is what makes the canon work.
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title "Pachelbel — Canon in D, ground and first violin entry"
tempo 60
time 4/4
beats 16
# Purple: ground bass. Lilac: chords. Pink: first violin (second cycle).
note D3 at 0 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note D4 at 0 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note F#4 at 0 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note A4 at 0 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note A2 at 1 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note C#4 at 1 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note E4 at 1 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note A4 at 1 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note B2 at 2 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note B3 at 2 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note D4 at 2 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note F#4 at 2 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note F#2 at 3 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note C#4 at 3 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note F#4 at 3 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note A4 at 3 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note G2 at 4 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note B3 at 4 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note D4 at 4 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note G4 at 4 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note D2 at 5 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note A3 at 5 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note D4 at 5 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note F#4 at 5 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note G2 at 6 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note B3 at 6 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note D4 at 6 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note G4 at 6 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note A2 at 7 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note A3 at 7 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note C#4 at 7 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note E4 at 7 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note D3 at 8 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note D4 at 8 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note F#4 at 8 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note A4 at 8 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note F#5 at 8 length 1 color "#db2777"
note A2 at 9 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note C#4 at 9 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note E4 at 9 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note A4 at 9 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note E5 at 9 length 1 color "#db2777"
note B2 at 10 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note B3 at 10 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note D4 at 10 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note F#4 at 10 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note D5 at 10 length 1 color "#db2777"
note F#2 at 11 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note C#4 at 11 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note F#4 at 11 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note A4 at 11 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note C#5 at 11 length 1 color "#db2777"
note G2 at 12 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note B3 at 12 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note D4 at 12 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note G4 at 12 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note B4 at 12 length 1 color "#db2777"
note D2 at 13 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note A3 at 13 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note D4 at 13 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note F#4 at 13 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note A4 at 13 length 1 color "#db2777"
note G2 at 14 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note B3 at 14 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note D4 at 14 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note G4 at 14 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note B4 at 14 length 1 color "#db2777"
note A2 at 15 length 1 color "#7c3aed"
note A3 at 15 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note C#4 at 15 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note E4 at 15 length 1 color "#a78bfa"
note C#5 at 15 length 1 color "#db2777"