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.
• authentic
• 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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