chordist

2. A musician who specializes in playing chords rather than melodies.

As a chordist, he focused on rich harmonies instead of solos.

3. A person who writes or arranges chord progressions for songs.

The chordist mapped out the harmony before the band rehearsed.

4. A player of a chordophone, a stringed instrument that makes sound through vibrating strings.

The museum guide explained that the ancient chordist played a lyre.