plagal

pla·gal  (plgl)

adj. Music

Of or being a medieval mode having a range from the fourth below to the fifth above its final tone.

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[Medieval Latin plaglis, from plaga, plagal mode, from plagius, plagal, from Medieval Greek plagios (khos), plagal (mode), from Greek, oblique, from plagos, side; see plk-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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plagal [ˈpleɪg^əl]

adj

1. (Music / Classical Music) (of a cadence) progressing from the subdominant to the tonic chord, as in the Amen of a hymn

2. (Music / Classical Music) (of a mode) commencing upon the dominant of an authentic mode, but sharing the same final as the authentic mode. Plagal modes are designated by the prefix Hypo- before the name of their authentic counterparts the Hypodorian mode Compare authentic [5]

[from Medieval Latin plagālis, from plaga, perhaps from Greek plagos side]

Translations

plagal [ˈpleɪgəl] ADJ → plagal