amen cadence

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsplagal cadence

   Broadercadence

Questions about amen cadence

What does amen cadence mean?

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

What is another word for amen cadence?

Close synonyms include plagal cadence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amen cadence a common word?

amen cadence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.