The parallel development of solo song with accompaniment in France was called the air de cour: the term monody is not normally applied to these more conservative songs, however, which retained many musical characteristics of the Renaissance chanson.
I Frankrig foregik der en parallel udvikling som blev kaldt air de cour, men begrebet monodi bruges sædvanligvis ikke om disse mere konservative sange som beholdt mange af renæssancemusikkens kendetegn.