PRELUDE is validvalid

to play a musical introduction [v PRELUDED, PRELUDES, PRELUDING] : PRELUDER [n]

48,546 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

something that goes before; an introductory passage [n -S] / to play a musical introduction [v PRELUDED, PRELUDING, PRELUDES]