plagal
Meaning
Adjective
- Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form.
- Designating a cadence in which the subdominant chord precedes the tonic.
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Origin
- From Late Latin plagalis, from plaga, from plagius, from Byzantine Ancient Greek πλάγιος ("plagal"), πλάγιος.
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