chaconne
noun/ʃəˈkɒn/
/ʃəˈkɑːn/
(music, from French)- a piece of music with a slow regular rhythm, used for dancing in the 18th centuryTopics Musicc2Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, from Spanish chacona.
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