Music written to be sung or played in unison.

Music in which one voice leads melodically being supported by an accompaniment. This is the opposite of polyphony in which all parts contribute equally to the music. The characteristic texture of similar contrapuntal voice parts was the hallmark of the Renaissance music. The dominance of homophony in the Venetian School towards the end of the sixteenth century was a sign of things to come. (Monody=accompanied solo song.)