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Plagal Cadence

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a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: amen cadence
plural: Plagal Cadences
possessive: Plagal Cadence's
pluralpossessive: Plagal Cadences'

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