Texture

Unison

Music score

Music that has no chordal accompaniment, where different instruments or parts play or sing the same notes is described as in unison.

Listen to the sound extract below.

It is an example of unison: a male choir singing a traditional Armenian hymn.

Homophonic

This literally means 'sounding together'.

Homophonic music is played in block chords. Homophonic music is also sometimes called chordal music.

Here is an example of music with a homophonic texture, written by Henry VIII.