Chordal

Arrangements of popular music for small a cappella ensembles typically include one voice singing the lead melody, one singing a rhythmic bass line, and the remaining voices contributing chordal or polyphonic accompaniment.

Equipment Rhythm guitarists usually aim to generate a stronger rhythmic and chordal sound, in contrast to the lead guitarists' goal of producing a sustained, high-pitched melody line that can be heard over the top of the band.

Experienced players sometimes incorporate motives found in the other instrumental parts into their improvised chordal accompaniment.

Many pieces from the baroque period for solo string instruments —such as Bach's Sonatas and partitas for solo violin and cello—convey subtle harmony through inference rather than full chordal structures.

Mykola Lysenko is widely considered to be the father of Ukrainian classical music Ukrainian music sometimes presents a perplexing mix of exotic melismatic singing with chordal harmony.

The accompanying style for electric guitar in most jazz styles differs from the way chordal instruments accompany in many popular styles of music.

The denser chordal textures, in contrast, approach chord soloing (see below).

The performers in the jazz ensemble are expected to know how to "flesh out" this basic structure by adding ornaments, improvised music, and chordal accompaniment.

These flat-top, steel-string guitars are constructed and voiced more for classical-like fingerpicking and less for chordal accompaniment (strumming).

With Williams and Carter he wove a labyrinth of rhythmic intricacy on, around and over existing melodic and chordal schemes.