Modifies a noun

• texture: All four have a contrapuntal texture, but nos.

• writing: His improvisational skills made him one of the greatest organists of all time and his mastery of contrapuntal writing has influenced composers ever since.

• music: This would seriously affect pleno effects in contrapuntal music.

• line: I was able to watch him composing ( and playing the piano ) and he was certainly then thinking in contrapuntal lines.

• skill: They all illustrate his lofty, serious ideals of art, as well as his masterly contrapuntal skill.

• form: Both his Fantasy and Cornet's Fantasia show the influence of Italian contrapuntal forms.

Modifying Another Word

• very: A madrigal proper is usually very contrapuntal, with much use of imitation. this makes all the voices equally important.

• even: But even contrapuntal music isn't the be-all and end-all of organ music.