preludial

English

Etymology

prelude +‎ -ial

Adjective

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 […]