plagal
a. (இசை.) ஐந்தாம் நரம்புக்கும் அதன்மேற்கேள்விக்கும் இடைப்பட்ட குரல்களையுடைய.
Pla"gal, a. Etym: [F., from Gr. (Mus.) Defn: 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 in which the final chord on the tonic is preceded by the chord on the subdominant.