Play That Funky Pachelbel

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1 NES August 1, 2008 at 3:47 pm: Wow! That was cool!
2 Tripod August 1, 2008 at 4:15 pm: Korean kids really need to listen to some Black Sabbath.
3 Seoulchild August 1, 2008 at 4:26 pm: Can’t they find a new song? Some stuff by Scarlatti, for instance, would sound pretty cool on a gayageum.

Still cool though…
4 Michael August 1, 2008 at 5:02 pm: Check out Hwang Byung-ki if you’re into “avant-garde” music. He’s considered Korea’s greatest living kayageum player by many people.
5 nospam August 1, 2008 at 7:23 pm: He’s a talented musician. But he just bangs away, with no finesse. Young musicians often do that.

The sour notes from the kayagum beg to be played, not just mechanically picked.
6 Alejandro Marivosa August 1, 2008 at 7:31 pm: Will the Korean people never tire of that Pachelbel?
How many times a day do I have to hear it, and on how many different instruments?
7 Lazy_Contractor August 1, 2008 at 8:05 pm: PLAY SOME SKYNYRD!

In all seriousness, that is very awesome. I am impressed!
8 Eujin August 1, 2008 at 8:17 pm: People who enjoyed this also enjoyed the sound of the KTX, courtesy of the nice people at Sookmyung Women’s University.

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=VCIj0HdOVr4
9 GyopoTim August 1, 2008 at 9:20 pm: I missed you Pachelbel !
Reminds me of the days when my music teacher at kookmin hakyo would slap me on the head when I failed to play the pachelbel flawlessly…
10 mizar5 August 1, 2008 at 9:22 pm: I also play kayagum, and it’s good to see young people taking it up and playing something other than the typical stuff. BTW, the kaeriang (“reformed”) kayagum he is playing has more strings than the typical one and is quite expensive.
11 Dreidl August 3, 2008 at 3:38 am: Probably this Pachelbel Canon in D version is based on new age pianist George Winston’s transcription. I’ve noticed it’s very popular for piano students in Asia (is it a curriculum piece?) Many of the harmonies and realizatins are modern and distinctively Winston’s.
Winston’s rendition is on the album “December”.
12 Tripod August 3, 2008 at 4:22 pm: #11,

Either way, it felt so dirty after listening to it that I had to take my black Gibson SG out of it’s case and play this song in order to cleanse myself:

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=rxYp6XG4sVs&feature=related
13 Alejandro Marivosa August 3, 2008 at 5:46 pm: Dreidl: You’re right. Winston’s album is what started the whole mania for this piece in the first place.