plagal cadence

Noun

Meaning

a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic

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Synonyms

amen cadence half cadence deceptive cadence imperfect cadence broken cadence evaded cadence evaded-tonic cadence interrupted cadence plagal-tonic cadence subdominant cadence subdominant-tonic cadence submediant-tonic cadence subtonic cadence subtonic-tonic cadence unresolved cadence
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Hypernyms

cadence

Close letter words and terms

plag plaga plagal plagal-tonic cadence plagate plage