preludial

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English

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Etymology

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From prelude +‎ -ial.

Adjective

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preludial (comparative more preludial, superlative most preludial)

  1. Of or pertaining to a prelude.
    • 1992, Tim Carter, Music in Late Renaissance & Early Baroque Italy:
      A gradual shift from the improvisatory, preludial ricercare to a more formally structured composition is apparent in a keyboard repertory surviving in manuscript […]
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