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{{about|the musical form|the last movement of J. S. Bach's second violin partita, commonly referred to as "the Chaconne"|Partita for Violin No. 2 (Bach)|George Balanchine's 1976 ballet|Chaconne (ballet)}}
[[File:Bach, Chaconne de la quatrième sonate. Huet,jeu du violon,1880.tiff|thumb|The "Ciaccona" from Johann Sebastian Bach's [[Partita for Violin No. 2 (Bach)|Partita for Violin No. 2]]]]
A '''chaconne''' ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ə|ˈ|k|ɒ|n}}; {{IPA-fr|ʃakɔn|lang}}; {{lang-es|chacona|links=no}}; {{lang-it|ciaccona|links=no}}, {{IPA-it|tʃakˈkoːna|pron}}; earlier English: ''chacony'')<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/NewDesign/fglossary.files/bglossary.files/Chaconne.htm Chaconne], naxos.com</ref> is a type of musical composition popular in the [[baroque]] era when it was much used as a vehicle for [[Variation (music)|variation]] on a repeated short harmonic progression, often involving a fairly short repetitive bass-line ([[ground bass]]) which
The ground bass, if there is one, may typically descend stepwise from the [[Tonic (music)|tonic]] to the [[Dominant (music)|dominant]] pitch of the [[Scale (music)|scale]]; the harmonies given to the upper parts may emphasize the [[circle of fifths]] or a derivative pattern thereof.
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