contrapuntal

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint
adjective having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together

From Latin punctus contra punctum (“note against note”).

Neither by means of the zig-zag and arabesque work of operatic melody, nor with the aid of the arithmetical counting board of fugue and contrapuntal dialectics is the formula to be found, in the trebly powerful light[23] of which one could subdue this demon and compel it to speak. — The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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