PLAGAL

Etymology

Adjective

plagal (comparative more plagal, superlative most plagal)

(music) Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form.

(music) Designating a cadence in which the subdominant chord precedes the tonic.

Antonyms

• authentic

Anagrams

• gal pal, galpal

Source: Wiktionary

Pla"gal, a. Etym: [F., from Gr. (Mus.)

Definition: 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. Plagal cadence, a cadence in which the final chord on the tonic is preceded by the chord on the subdominant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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