plagal
adjective
- designating a mode having a range about a fifth above and a fifth below a control note
- designating a cadence with the subdominant chord immediately preceding the tonic chord, as in the amen of a religious hymn
See plagal in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(plāˈgəl)
adjective Music Of or being a medieval mode having a range from the fourth below to the fifth above its final tone.
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