Usually means: Subdominant to tonic harmonic progression.
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  1. plagal cadence: Merriam-Webster
  2. plagal cadence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. plagal cadence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. plagal cadence: Wiktionary
  7. plagal cadence: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Plagal cadence, plagal cadence: Dictionary.com
  9. Plagal Cadence, Plagal cadence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. plagal cadence: Rhymezone
  11. plagal cadence: FreeDictionary.org
  12. plagal cadence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. plagal cadence: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (plagal cadence)

▸ noun:  (music) A falling cadence in which a subdominant chord precedes the tonic; especially used in an ending Amen.

Similar:
Phrygian cadence, paraphonia, cadence-lypso, pantonality, penultima law, passacaille, passacaglia, antiphon, paroemiac, antiphonal, more...

Opposite:
authentic cadence, perfect cadence, final cadence

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Similar:
Phrygian cadence, paraphonia, cadence-lypso, pantonality, penultima law, passacaille, passacaglia, antiphon, paroemiac, antiphonal, more...

Opposite:
authentic cadence, perfect cadence, final cadence



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