contrapuntal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  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
    polyphonic.

WordNet

Con`tra*pun"tal adjective
Etymology
It. contrappunto counterpoint. See Counterpoint.
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.

Webster 1913