CHACONNE TEMPLATES

Chaconnes are varations on chord progressions or bass lines.

They are in 3/4 and usually place emphasis on beat 2.
The progression is usually 4 or 8 bars long.

Pick a template. Choose a key. Write in chord symbols.

Make sure you learn the bass line thoroughly.
Then go!

#1
After J.S. Bach's Chaconne in D minor

3
i viisus V65 i VI iv I64 V

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isus i viisus V65 i VI ii65 V

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#2
After G.F. Handel's Chaconne in G

9 I V6 vi V/V V V7
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I6 IV I6 vii6 I I64 V I
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#3
After Handel's Chaconne in C

17 I V ii vi
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21
IV I ii6 V I

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#4
After Buxtehude's Chaconne in C minor

25 i iv6 V V6 i i6 ii7 V7

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#5
After Buxtehude's Chaconne in E minor

i VII III6 VI ii dim i64 V7

29

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#6
After Henry Purcell's Chaconne in C minor

33 i V6 i V

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37 V/iv iv Vsus V7 i

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#7
After Henry Purcell's Chaconne in C major (from "Fairy Queen")

41 I V ii vi
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I6 IV V IV6 vii6 V
45

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#8
After Henry Purcell's "Chaconne des Africains" in C major

49 I V6 IV6 IV V V7

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#9
After Jean-Baptiste Lully's "Chaconne des Maures" in B-flat

53 I V6 IV6 IV I6 (walk up) V

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#10
After Pachelbel's Ciacona in F minor

57 i v6 (over flat 7) VI or iv6 or ii64 V

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It's just a descending bass line.
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#11
After Pachelbel's Ciacona in C major

61 I V ii vi iii I ii6 V6 V I
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#12
After Pachelbel's Ciacona in D minor

65 i V43 i6 ii6 V
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