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  • Right now 2012.....I still watch it and breathless.....

  • Good job, now play it backwards :]

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  • what do you mean that you had it transcribed?

  • Mike, Thanks so much for Doing this! I have listened to this song at least 500 times. I bought the Sheet music from you, had it Transcribed, and am currently on page 3. Cant wait to re post this one for you! You are my Inspiration, Thank you.

    

  • gretalegs - my pleasure. I'm not really a beer swilling, knuckle dragging neanderthal, just rather large and muscular. Love classical music, live plays etc. I was in the IT industry for a long time and now (to my shame!) am a H&S consultant. Many thanks for your comment.

  • Thanks for this rendition, this is exceptional digging into every faculty into this familiar tune. I hear your passion for life and music. Wonderful. God bless.

  • I am 6' 2" (1.85m), weigh 18+ stone, am a martial arts instructor, run construction sites and arm wrestle. Your version of canon in d moved me. i think i am now in touch with my feminine side. my mates down the pub will not let me hear the last of it. Your rendition, interpretation and emotional content while performing what could be considered an outdated and certainly overplayed classical piece is truly inspirational, fresh and invigorating. brilliant and thank you. do you have any more?

  • @9999scruffy Loved this comment! Thanks so much! You made me laugh!

  • @9999scruffy

    lol ur such a douchebag... whats has lovwe for music to dowith your femine side?lolhaha maybe time to jump out that closet big martial arts man...

  • I am Currently learning this song now, cant wait to repost for you! Thanks for the Inspiration! :)

  • Is there any tutorial lesson of this version?

  • The best song..i play piano a long time ago,but last 2 years i maked a pause...i'm wondering it s a hard song to learn? i saw that it has 12 paper sheets but i'm wondering how complicated ar they..Can you give me n advice?..should i learn first the original version and after...this.? Thanks And keep going,it s a great improved version

  • I really love this version of Canon in D,..

    I have watched and listened to this so many times, and it's really great!

    LOVE IT!

  • Wow. Very very very cool. And you just flee off the cuff with that? Very neat. Loved the jazzy almost Rick feel in the middle.

  • i like the jazzy bit. very funky :)

    

  • I listen to this song whenever I'm feeling sad or anxious, it just makes me feel good instantly and takes all the negative feelings away. Thank you for this wonderful piece of music!

  • @PeaceElk Thanks PeaceElk - that is really cool.

  • beautiful.

    

  • Thanks for all the great comments everyone. I can't believe this has 393K views!! I was just fooling around on the canon that day.

  • I'm here! And every day, I listen your parts! Great!

  • I don't know how you did it, I don't care how you did you did it, but man you BLEW MY MIND UP!

  • This has been on my favorites for a couple of years--a limited list, and I still return to listen. You've created an absolutely beautiful arrangement and played the hell outta it. Great job.

  • Amazing except I think since it was written for classical it sounds better that way bu is still ok in the other styles

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  • TTHHIIIISS iiiissss ssoooo AAAWWWWSSSSOOOMMMEEEE!!.. thumbs up. ! :)

  • Bravo maestro Mike! Your version is wonderful!

  • Mike, You are My Inspiration.

  • why ? There are so many versions without improvisation. I like it how it is !

    Warum ? Es gibt so viele Versionen in denen nichts improvisiert wird. Ich mag das Stück so wie es ist !

    regrets from Markus(germany)

  • why ? There are so many versions without improvisation. I like it how it is !

    Warum ? Es gibt so viele Versionen in denen nichts improvisiert wird. Ich mag das Stück so wie es ist ! - - - regrets from Markus(germany)

  • dont take this wrong plz ..... piece was AMAZING at first until jazz came in

  • @Willenskraftz i'm agree whit you i like more whitout impro.

  • incredible

    

  • I also made some jazz improvisation on this song and I wrote it down. Check my channel to find the audio

  • what a beautiful variation!

  • breath taking!

  • simply awesome...

  • Awesome!!!

  • This is really really beautiful!

  • Good recovery from the mistakes

  • there a couple mistakes

  • Amazing!

  • oh gosh!!! :)) amazing!!

  • i can't believe why there are 66 dislikes...how is that possible?

  • @driz27 They are jealous!

  • two words: thats awesome

  • Amazing version of Canon. I love it when people take classic music and make it their own.

  • that blues slide is on the verge of epic. I've played this song in simplified versions you should post a jam session of that blues slide transition, I understand if you don't want to hand out sheet music to people, but if I learned to play it by ear, I believe that's how music should be learned ( I'm one of those that discontinued lessons after level three and never stopped playing, just kept on jamming) By the way, your piano has a deep, rich bass,

  • my daughter tried to steal your technique.... not possible at all haha!

  • haha its like canon in the beggining then the whole song changed

  • wow.

  • what a talent !! u took a wedding song and turned it into ... well, i don't have any words for such a .. well, I don't have any words for this too...

  • wow, talent.

    

  • I am sure for few things. And one of them is this; Music is full of gold. A type of gold that cannot be seen or be explained by words. It has to do only with our heart. A person that doesn't like (real) music can't feel real happiness. We need more music like this one...

  • nice!!!!! I love this music if it is improvisation!!

  • nice!!!!!

  • I like it very much. I hear it up and down, and decide to play it. I learn it by myselfe and i think it will take so much time (i learned piano for 6 years and that was for 8 years). The good news, i can play the first 8 beats.. so.. ask me in a year, and maybe i can play the next eight beats ;P

  • you are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • She rocks !!!!!

  • Mike, I'm just really curious to know who's currently your favorite pianist?

  • you look like harry nilsson man awesome shit.

  • wow, amazing work, I wish I can be like you

  • I feel bad i dropped on piano when i was a kid , you got some skills homie .

  • @94incurabil yeah me too

  • just bought sheeets sooo excited to start playing :P

  • You're my hero.

  • Best piano improvisation of Canon in D on youtube.

  • This is amazing! I was absolutely mesmerised! Thanks so much for uploading this!

  • so you basically took the original and made it ur bitch! thats some awesome skills u got

  • @PainBeurreChocolat that is so funny - what a great way to put it.

  • @PainBeurreChocolat it just saids on the title it's "improvisation" foo

    dont be so fuckin stupid !!

    i know why u commented like that !

    becuz u cant feel any shit about the fuckin music bruhh !!

    leave the fuckin world now stupid ass !!!

  • @PainBeurreChocolat

    I think that was a terrible way to put it! It is a great song, and a great player playing it. You don't need to cuss. You probably meant well, but it doesn't sound good.

  • @PainBeurreChocolat Bitch you, you don't know how to play do-re-mi, she plays it very good, don't say she bitch, matherfucker. I love the improvisations <3 Thanks, i like this :)

  • @tomeuari he meant that the piano player took the original canon song and made it better :)

  • Exceptional. 

  • Beautifully played..... nize composition too.

    Warm Congratz....!!!!

  • Amazing playing. This is my favorite song of all time, and I love how you managed to incorporate so many different playstyles into this! For medical reasons, I'll never be able to play the piano, but it's such a treat to listen to fantastic arrangements like this. Thank you so much for sharing!

  • 0:43 awsome

  • Wow!!!! I couldn't believe it!!!! Ohhhh you're AMAZING!!!!

  • 63 people don't have taste at all. Amazing improvisation. I love both - classic version od Pachelbel's canon and yours. Don't stop creating. Peace :-)

  • nice...i wish i can be that great.

  • nice...i wish i ca be that great.

  • Wow. Thank you! That was Powerful.

  • you are the Inspiration from thailand

  • the Inspiration from thailand ^__^

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  • you are amazing, please update with more songs.

  • Wow. Pacheibel may only have dreamed of such a masterful piano improvisation. Your passion for music exudes from every phrase. Thank you for sharing your beautiful talent and gift with us.

  • Amazing man

  • Man, That was off the chain! I love the jazz/funk feel. I need this on cd. More of our young people need to hear this. Show them how classical music has inspired and can influence music today.....real music...real musicianship! I LOVE IT. You made my day.

  • Beautiful =)

  • beautiful!!

  • this went from classical to rock and roll to jazzy stuff...LOLzzzz

  • one day......

  • Awesome!

  • @Girlpump35 America is awesome :P

  • très belle version !!! <3

  • hi i recently bought this but it doesn't have the jazzy bit that i really like in it...

    umm is there anyting you could do t help me?

  • jazzed canon...

  • Bravo! :D

  • 3:40-3:50 was amazing

  • beautiful

  • Paul McCartney keeps getting better!

  • <3oh i love it!<3

  • As a student learning jazz, one of my assignments is to take the motif of Canon in D and jazz it up using extensions, chord substitutions, etc. An exercise, really. Anyway, I was looking around youtube just to see if anyone has done any sort of jazzy thing with Canon, and I came across your version. 5:02 of pure harmony. Very nice! I immediately went to your site and downloaded the sheets. Whether I'll have time to learn it, I don't know, but I wanted to show my support. Thanks for your talent!

  • Best improve of this song I've ever heard. Fantastic job.

  • wonderful!

  • Fantastic variation!

  • pshhhh sorry but my piano teacher can play this better than you

  • @CuduCane really now? that's great. i'm sure everyone has been enlightened by your comment.

  • @fs227146 :D L.O.L

  • @CuduCane Maybe, but can your music teacher inspire us like Mike Strickland is in this piece??

  • @amazinglyjaded yea he did inspire me F.Y.I, But i'm not super good yet :D

  • @CuduCane rofl cool! Well then, pretty sure your teacher wouldnt mind to play such as this, well as you said, even BETTER, while you record your teacher playin it. ;)

  • @sedyo100 nahh cause my teacher does not like to be recorded for some odd reason

  • Mike is the best Pianist that I have ever seen,and has inspired me a lot on learning to play the piano myself. You can tell he has a great deal of love for the piano and the music. This is my favorite version of canon in D that I have ever heard. I just love it !!! Keep Up The GREAT Work Mike.

  • Hey

    Does sheet come in .midi -format?

  • @Suomimies112 No I'm sorry it doesn't

  • @gretalegs Oh crap. Well, maybe I'll buy it anyway, just to show how much I like it

  • @Suomimies112 If you know what you are doing, you can just read the music yourself into whatever program you want.

  • Bravo 

  • Bravo

  • wow dude. very humbling to watch you play. defo give me lessons! hhahaha

  • The first part is just a little weird. It didn't quite follow the right chords I tihnk, but the rest was beautiful

  • Wow never heard likely of this versions of Canon D. Keep doing great work Mike i will follow =)

  • This was incredible!!! I really liked the twist about halfway through. :) That really changed things around for me. I love this song! :) nice playing!!!

  • Great improvisation.

  • Awesome music! At first when i begin piano, i thought of the reason to play just because i want to show off in front of my friends, but you made me understand that music if for yourself to feel it because i felt this piece of music. You've inspired me thank you so much. Lastly, I'll buy your music sheet because it is truely amazing and i truely appreciate it

  • this is AWESOME!!!Thank you!!!

  • Fabulous , Positively outstanding, what a great arrangement, I am accustomed to playing the George Winston arrangement, Dude you totally "rock"! What a great upload, thanks for sharing. Your talent is phenomenal.

    Ethan

  • i think i account for about half of the 300k views

  • wowie

  • Great improv my friend! ... :)

  • and some mistakes. but you improvisation i enjoy. i want partituren ......

    becose i stopt play in 1982

    thanks

  • 1 word.

    Amazing.

  • My husband just died at the age of 55 and I am struggling. HE played piano just like this. His music talent was phenomenal. THANK YOU for sharing. This is the song I walked down the aisle to marry him long ago.

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  • @dougandellen was touched when i read your comment. Very sorry to read about your loss. I wish you all the best and hope that somehow you'll get over this. God bless you, your husband, his music and the memories you'll never lose.

    Rob

  • @dougandellen you are so welcome.

  • @dougandellen You are one of the luckiest woman in the whole world to have husband who can play such beautiful music for you...indeed the music he played was expression of the love he has for you,,,

  • My husband just died at the age of 55 and I am struggling. HE played piano just like this. His music talent was phenomenal. THANK YOU for sharing. This is the song I walked down the aisle to marry him long ago. 

  • Cool thing !!!!!

  • Awesome!

  • Wow!how to say this?one word"bravo"

  • wow nice flavor!

  • WTF! jazz...

  • genious

  • David Osborne incredible technique, and Mike Strickland! These are the two best players I've observed!!!!

  • I like two pianists on YouTube !

  • wow i wish i could that but im only 13 been playing seven years

  • Wow , it is so BEAUTIFUL .. He is a genius ..

    love this version !

    I would like to buy the sheet but I don't think my mum agree.. ^^'

  • you so damn great!^_^

  • He is one of the best example of a true pianist, he has his own style of playing it and he is not depending on a piece of sheet but on his heart on how he will play it,,

    good and smart... IDOL!

  • kinda hard to belief a person could create such incredible sounds with just 2 hands and an instrument, well done!

  • You are a beautiful pianist I like the way you imporovised Pachelbel's Canon.

  • @Girlpump35 I see - well I'll send you a message and we'll come up with a solution.

  • @Girlpump35 C'mon it took over 50 hours to transcribe this into sheet music and it is copywritten. You can get it for $5 at our store which is such a deal!

  • very nice, i wish i could play like this....

  • Gorgeous!

  • did he just play canon in D jazz style!? !! :) beautiful!!!!!!

  • Amazing.

  • interesting style. it's like a mixing of many styles...cool! very well played!

  • i love it!!!! pretty awesome.. wish i can play canon that well...i need more practice... :(

  • i like it so much~

  • @jjkl95 it's IMPROVISATIONAL, you are supposed to think of it on the spot.

  • nice nice nice nice nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • hello i hope you read this, i begin to learn how to play piano and if i want to learn it´s because you, i hope one day made art like this video

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  • 59 retarded watched this video! / how can u not love this vidoe.. !!!!!!! :O

  • 59 retarded watched this video!

  • Crazy? Cannon in D can't be display in modern musiz !!! :(

  • you give me a beautiful 5:02 minutes, thank's

  • That is SOOOOO SICK :-) ha haaaa I LOVE IT !Great great great !

  • Nice. :D

  • Para todos aquellos que disfrutan del piano en su maxima expresion, y tambien para los clasicos modernos de hoy en dia, aqui tienen una verdadera delicia en cuanto a improvisacion de musica clasica...

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