Category:Plagal

Pla"gal, a. Etym: [f., from gr. (mus.)

Defn: 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.