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Meaning of plagal | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
ˈpleɪɡəl

Definitions

  1. Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form.
  2. Designating a cadence in which the subdominant chord precedes the tonic.

Equivalents

Suomi plagaali
Français plagal

Examples

“[…] [Carol] King uses the plagal coda as affirmation in “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”, the 1967 anthem to liberated female sexuality that King co-wrote with [Gerry] Goffin for Aretha Franklin.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

plagate plaggic plagiaristic plagiarizable plagiarized plagiary

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