Here’s a tiny smorgasbord of chaconnes, (all available free on YouTube).
Can you guess anything about the six players? Gender? Age at time of recording? Name?
Here are the six chaconnes, complete.
chaconne one
chaconne two
chaconne three
chaconne four
chaconne five
chaconne six
If you prefer, you can start with a quick sampling of passages that offer challenges worth analyzing. Same six players, same order, but excerpted.
See what you think of the various approaches. This first excerpt is approximately measures 126-132.
chaconne one first excerpt
chaconne one second excerpt
chaconne one third excerpt
chaconne two first excerpt
chaconne five first excerpt
This second excerpt is approximately measures 161-177
(right after the first arpeggio passage).
chaconne two second excerpt
chaconne five second excerpt
chaconne two third excerpt
chaconne five third excerpt
chaconne three first excerpt
chaconne six first excerpt
chaconne three second ex
chaconne six second excerpt
one more…approx. measures 185-200…
chaconne three third excerpt
chaconne six third excerpt
chaconne four first excerpt
chaconne four second excerpt
chaconne four third excerpt