I agree that counterpoint is great. However, I also recognize (and listen to) a lot of 'modern music' that doesn't have chords. Given the right sonorities, that

I agree that counterpoint is great. However, I also recognize (and listen to) a lot of 'modern music' that doesn't have chords. Given the right sonorities, that doesn't bother me. Also, there are hundreds of alternatives to the 12-tone scale, many of which are wonderfully un-'chordinated'. De gustibus...