plagal

Adjective

Meaning

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.

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Instead, it would be based mostly on a plagal cadence —an IV-I change (in C: F-C). Source: Internet

In the plagal modes, its position is somewhat irregular. Source: Internet

The reciting tones of all authentic modes began a fifth above the final, with those of the plagal modes a third above. Source: Internet

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