plagal

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Pronunciation

/ˈpleɪɡəl/

Definition of plagal

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form.

“[…] [Carol] King uses the plagal coda as affirmation in “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”, the 1967 anthem to liberated female sexuality that King co-wrote with [Gerry] Goffin for Aretha Franklin.”

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adj

Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form.

“[…] [Carol] King uses the plagal coda as affirmation in “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”, the 1967 anthem to liberated female sexuality that King co-wrote with [Gerry] Goffin for Aretha Franklin.”
Designating a cadence in which the subdominant chord precedes the tonic.

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From Late Latin plagalis, from plaga, from plagius, from Byzantine Ancient Greek πλάγιος (plágios, “plagal”), πλάγιος (plágios, “oblique”).

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