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plagal cadence
noun
Music.
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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