Found 2 items, similar to plagal cadence.
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]