> I think if you want it to be classical music then it has to obey the rules of counterpoint, and the pitches should wander and resolve according to those rules.
Uh, that's polyphonic music. There's plenty of classical music that isn't particularly polyphonic. Most of post-Baroque music is more homophonic: voices tend to move together in chords rather than independently. Counterpoint still appears but it's not the foundation.
counterpoint is also used for the individual voices in the chords. you don't just bang out one chord after another. that's why you switch between different inversions as the chords progress - to avoid parallel 5ths etc
also in this case he is not working with chords. they are just pitches moving.
Uh, that's polyphonic music. There's plenty of classical music that isn't particularly polyphonic. Most of post-Baroque music is more homophonic: voices tend to move together in chords rather than independently. Counterpoint still appears but it's not the foundation.