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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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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- saidof certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those calledauthentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave. Plagal cadence, acadence in which the final chord on the tonic is preceded by thechord on the subdominant.
  4. 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.