PLAGAL


Meaning of PLAGAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈplā-gəl ]

adjective

Etymology: Medieval Latin plagalis, ultimately from Greek plagios oblique, sideways, from plagos side; akin to Latin plaga net, region, Greek pelagos sea

Date: 1597

1. of a church mode : having the keynote on the fourth scale step — compare authentic 4a

2. of a cadence : progressing from the subdominant chord to the tonic — compare authentic 4b

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