A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Plagal Cadence
PLAGAL CADENCE is the form in which the final Tonic chord is preceded by Subdominant Harmony. [See Cadence.]
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\new Staff { \clef bass << { a2 g1 } \\ { f2 c1 } >> } >>](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/0/5/05klfqlj5xch7y88le9a2j6l8u7m0ic/05klfqlj.png)
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From volume 2 of the work.
PLAGAL CADENCE is the form in which the final Tonic chord is preceded by Subdominant Harmony. [See Cadence.]
[ C. H. H. P. ]