A chaconne (French pronunciation: [ʃaˈkɔn]; Italian: ciaccona) is a type of musical composition popular in the baroque era when it was much used as a vehicle for variation on a ...
cha·conne (shä-kôn, -k n) n. 1. A slow, stately dance of the 18th century or the music for it. 2. A form consisting of variations based on a reiterated harmonic pattern.