1 : of, relating to, or suggesting a chord. 2 : relating to music characterized more by harmony than by counterpoint.

What are chordal instruments?

The main concerns for polyphonic instruments, or instruments that can easily play more than one note at time, such as piano, organ, guitar, and the various mallet instruments, are voicing chords, reharmonizing, and playing rhythms.

What is chordal harmony?

of or relating to music that is marked principally by vertical harmonic movement rather than by linear polyphony.