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plagal cadence vs cadence

cadence vs plagal cadence

plagal cadence and cadence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plagal cadence Yes No No No
cadence Yes No No No
As nouns, cadence is a hypernym of plagal cadence; that is, cadence is a word with a broader meaning than plagal cadence:
  • plagal cadence: a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic
  • cadence: the close of a musical section
plagal cadence (noun) cadence (noun)
a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic a recurrent rhythmical series
the close of a musical section
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Difference between plagal cadence and cadence

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