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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: plagal cadence
plagal cadence
n : a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the
chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic
[syn:
amen cadence]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Plagal cadence
Plagal
\Pla"gal\ (pl[=a]"gal), a. [F., from Gr. pla`gios
sidewise, slanting.] (Mus.)
Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; --
said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to
those called
authentic, which ran from the tonic to its
octave.
[1913 Webster]
Plagal cadence, a cadence in which the final chord on the
tonic is preceded by the chord on the subdominant.
[1913 Webster]