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Plagal logo #10101) Music with a medieval tone 2) Of a medieval music mode
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Plagal

Plagal logo #21002• (a.) Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave.
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Plagal

Plagal logo #20972Pla'gal adjective [ French, from Greek ... sidewise, slanting.] (Mus.) Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic , which ran from the tonic to its octave. Plagal cadence , a cadence...
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Plagal

Plagal logo #21217In music, plagal describes a piece as having a scale running from the dominant to its octave. It is said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave.
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