plagal mode
noun
: a church mode (such as Hypophrygian or Hypomixolydian) with the same final (see final entry 2 sense c) as its parallel authentic mode but with an ambitus a fourth lower
A plagal mode is found a fourth below its authentic, and the final of the authentic serves also for the plagal.—
Rupert Hughes, The Musical Guide, 1903
compare authentic mode see church mode illustration
Rupert Hughes, The Musical Guide, 1903Dictionary Entries Near plagal mode
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