Pachelbel's Canon is built around a two-bar ostinato, which becomes the foundation for a set of 28 variations, in which the violins interact in canon with one another. Lev Oborin's arrangement is a simplification where the element of canon has been removed and replaced by a number of variations for the right hand. It's a very enjoyable excercise for chord playing, voicing, and finger independence. For ambitious students who want to know their way about more keys than D major, it offers a nice opportunity to practice transposing.
Piano sheet music and recordings. This piece is from Arrangements of Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D (arr. by Oborin) in D Major (published in 1680) . Level 2, Period: Baroque
Canon in D (arr. by Oborin) in D Major, by the baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. This piano piece was initially published in the year 1680 and is included in Arrangements of Canon in D by Pachelbel.
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Johann Pachelbel - Arrangements of Pachelbel's Canon :
Piano score: PS Edition 
Canon - arranged by Oborin - FREE SAMPLE (mp3 file) 
Recordings in Naxos Music Library