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| pla·gal [ pláyg'l ] |
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1. from subdominant to tonic: describes a musical cadence or harmonic progression in which the subdominant chord is immediately followed by the tonic chord
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2. relating to musical mode: relating to or being a musical mode beginning on the note a fourth below the keynote of its equivalent authentic mode, but ending on the same final note
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| [Late 16th century. < medieval Latin plagalis< medieval Greek plagios hēkhos "plagal mode"] |
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