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Re: Chaconne Pieces
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Kevin Sutton <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 22:57:51 -0500
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Richard Todd wrote:

>... Of course, if I'm not mistaken, New Groves says that no one is quite
>sure what the distinction between a passacaglia and a chaconne is. They
>should have asked my music teacher, I guess.

All of my theory teachers define the two thus.

A Chaconne is based on a recurring harmonic progression.
A Pasacaglia is based on a recurring bass line.

Kevin Sutton

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