Recorded live using a Boomerang 3 Looper. Audio from the YouTube video  (http://youtu.be/qabCLq3qN7E) available here for streaming and download.

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BACKGROUND

A lovely couple requested that I perform Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D for their wedding ceremony. 

It was a solo guitar gig, so I had to figure out a way to play this alone. I felt that attempting to interpret the piece as a solo fingerstyle guitar arrangement would take away the too much of the beauty and smoothness of the music. 

Upon studying the music score, I realised that the song evolves around a 2-bar sequence that I could pull of with a looper. The Boomerang 3 Phrase Sampler was perfect for it.

The first loop holds the 2-bar chord progression that repeats throughout the piece. The second loop is set to loop and overdub with a short decay. This enables me to just play the part of the first violin while the loops automatically repeats what I just played every 2-bars (second violin) and every 4-bars (third violin).

This made it possible to recreate the whole 4-piece harmony on 1 guitar. 

It makes more sense with the video (http://youtu.be/qabCLq3qN7E). 

Enjoy!

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