"Canon Rock" is a rock arrangement of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D major by the Taiwanese musician and composer Jerry Chang (JerryC). The song became popular on the internet after a video of JerryC's playing the song was posted online. The rendition has been featured on newspapers, magazines, and television shows. Canon Rock has been covered many times on various internet communities such as YouTube.com and Google Video. The arrangement was composed within two weeks. Rock is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody accompanied by electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums. ... Johann Pachelbel (IPA: []) (baptized September 1, 1653 – March 3, 1706) was an acclaimed Baroque composer, organist and teacher who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. ... Canon in D Major is Johann Pachelbels best-known work. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Jerry Chang[1] (born October 31, 1981 in Taipei), better known by his stage name JerryC, is a Taiwanese guitarist and composer. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... YouTube. ... Google Video is a free Google service that allows anyone to upload video clips to Googles web servers as well as make their own media available free of charge or through Google Video Store for a cost that they can set. ...

Covers

The most famous of the covers is by a South Korean guitarist named Jeong-Hyun Lim, who is more popularly known by his internet alias, "funtwo". funtwo's video is the fourth most viewed video in YouTube history with over 12,494,716 views, The first most viewed music video all time, the second most top rated, the second most discussed all time and second most favorite all time as of the 27th of December, 2006. Motto: Broadly bring benefit to humanity[1]a Anthem: Aegukga (Patriots Hymn) Capital (and largest city) Seoul Official languages Korean Government Republic  - President Roh Moo-hyun  - Prime Minister Han Myung-sook Establishment    - Gojoseon October 3, 2333 BCb   - Liberation declared March 1, 1919 (de jure)   - Liberation August 15, 1945   - First Republic... Jeong-Hyun Lim, also known by the online alias Funtwo, is a 23-year-old South Korean guitarist known for his cover of JerryCs Canon Rock. ... Canon Rock is an instrumental re-arrangement by the Taiwanese musician and composer Jerry Chang inspired by Johann Pachelbels Canon in D major. ... YouTube is a popular free video sharing website which lets users upload, view, and share video clips. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Some of the covers are even done on other instruments aside from the guitar, such as the violin and piano[1]. Covers of Canon Rock can be found on JerryC's website.

Sources

• JerryC and the C band's webpage
• New York Times article on Canon Rock