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Definition of Contrapuntal

1. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint. "Contrapuntal base"

2. Adjective. Having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together.

Definition of Contrapuntal

1. a. Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.

Definition of Contrapuntal

1. Adjective. (music) Of or relating to counterpoint. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Contrapuntal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contrapuntal

contraoctaves contraoriented contraparallelogram contraparallelograms contraplex contrapolar contraposition contrapositions contrapositive contrapositives

contrapposto contrapsin contraption contraptions contrapuntal (current term) contrapuntally contrapuntist contrapuntists contraremonstrant contraremonstrants

contrarian contrarianism contrarians contrariantly contraried contraries contrarieties contrariety contrarily

Literary usage of Contrapuntal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"The composers of the contrapuntal epoch in music were imbued with the same esteem for ... One of the earliest forms of contrapuntal ingenuity is imitation. ..."

2. Exercises in Elementary Counterpoint by Percy Goetschius (1910)
"contrapuntal HARMONY. 193. The consideration of melodic independence in the several parts becomes more emphatic when the same given melody is adopted, ..."

3. Exercises in Elementary Counterpoint by Percy Goetschius (1910)
"contrapuntal HARMONY. 193. The consideration of melodic independence in the several parts becomes more emphatic when the same given melody is adopted, ..."

4. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"CHAPTER XIII IMITATION, CANON, AND FUGUE Composers of the contrapuntal ... The composers of the contrapuntal epoch in music were imbued with the same esteem ..."

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