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plagal

pla·gal [ pláyg'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. from subdominant to tonic: describes a musical cadence or harmonic progression in which the subdominant chord is immediately followed by the tonic chord

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

[Late 16th century. < medieval Latin plagalis< medieval Greek plagios hēkhos "plagal mode"]
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