
Canon in D (Intermediate Violin & Cello Duet)-Johann Pachelbel
Violin, Cello- Performance Video
- Difficulty: Normal
- 8 Pages
Key Information
- Instrument 2
- ViolinCello
- Pages
- 8
- Difficulty
- Normal
- Type
- 2 Staves
- Instrumentation
- Ensemble
- Lyrics
- Not included
- Chord
- Not included
- Key
- 2 sharps
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Tempo
- 60bpm
- Measures
- 53 measures
- Range
- C♯2 – D6
- Sections
- A
Pachelbel's Canon in D as a true conversation between violin and cello — the melody passes back and forth, no piano needed.
Violin: Pachelbel's complete first-violin line, from the gentle opening theme to the famous running passage.
Cello: opens alone with the beloved bass line, then answers the violin with the same melodies, just as the violins of the original echo one another — a real melodic part, not just accompaniment.
Every note is Pachelbel's own, in D major; about 3½ minutes at a calm quarter = 60.
For players with about 3–4 years of experience: violin up to 3rd position, cello up to 4th position, bass clef only.
Fingering, slurs, articulation and dynamics marked throughout; score 4 pages, each part on two facing pages — no page turns.
Ideal for wedding processionals and ceremonies, receptions, recitals and lessons.
Includes: Score + Violin part + Cello part.
