plagal cadence

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsamen cadence

   Broadercadence

Questions about plagal cadence

What does plagal cadence mean?

plagal 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 plagal cadence?

Close synonyms include amen 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 plagal cadence a common word?

plagal 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.