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plagal cadence

noun

Music.
  1. a cadence in which the chord of the tonic is preceded by that of the subdominant.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of plagal cadence1

First recorded in 1870–75
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I was the more startled to hear this beautiful suggestion suddenly interrupted in an alarming way by a pompous, plagal cadence which, as I was told, was supposed to represent Domenico.

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