Comments on: Rob Paravonian’s Pachelbel Rant. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/rob-paravonians-pachebel-rant/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:48:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: johnald http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/rob-paravonians-pachebel-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-197250 johnald Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:45:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/rob-paravonians-pachebel-rant/#comment-197250 badly cheesey guy badly cheesey guy

]]> By: Amused http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/rob-paravonians-pachebel-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-59495 Amused Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:50:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/rob-paravonians-pachebel-rant/#comment-59495 Great stuff :) thanks Alex! Great stuff :) thanks Alex!

]]> By: Nicholas Dollak http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/rob-paravonians-pachebel-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-59491 Nicholas Dollak Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:53:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/rob-paravonians-pachebel-rant/#comment-59491 I'll have to check out the video at a later date (56K modem), but I laughed when I read the description. Yep, that darn piece consists of 3 chords in a very repetitive cycle --- virtually identical to about 90% of '50s rock-n-roll (and a lot of pop music today as well). I think I found its minimalist style interesting when I first heard it, but the novelty wore off very quickly. I think I would still find it an interesting experiment today if it weren't so blasted popular! One interesting aspect to the piece: near the end, it strays away from the three chords, augmenting some of them slightly (at least in the melody). The harmonies generated in the process are quite beautiful, and would not really be heard in other music for about a century, when Beethoven used them. I’ll have to check out the video at a later date (56K modem), but I laughed when I read the description. Yep, that darn piece consists of 3 chords in a very repetitive cycle — virtually identical to about 90% of ’50s rock-n-roll (and a lot of pop music today as well). I think I found its minimalist style interesting when I first heard it, but the novelty wore off very quickly. I think I would still find it an interesting experiment today if it weren’t so blasted popular!

One interesting aspect to the piece: near the end, it strays away from the three chords, augmenting some of them slightly (at least in the melody). The harmonies generated in the process are quite beautiful, and would not really be heard in other music for about a century, when Beethoven used them.

]]> By: Aleki http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/rob-paravonians-pachebel-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-59473 Aleki Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:49:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/rob-paravonians-pachebel-rant/#comment-59473 Yup, that was me in elementary packing around my cello... better than my brother though, he played upright bass. Yup, that was me in elementary packing around my cello… better than my brother though, he played upright bass.

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/rob-paravonians-pachebel-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-59470 Alex Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:11:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/rob-paravonians-pachebel-rant/#comment-59470 Fixed - thanks Patrick! Fixed – thanks Patrick!

]]> By: Patrick http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/rob-paravonians-pachebel-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-59464 Patrick Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:47:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/23/rob-paravonians-pachebel-rant/#comment-59464 great video, there's nothing like classical musical humor. it's spelled wrong though, needs an "l." feel free to delete this comment once the spelling is changed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachelbel's_Canon great video, there’s nothing like classical musical humor. it’s spelled wrong though, needs an “l.” feel free to delete this comment once the spelling is changed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachelbel's_Canon

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