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Thread #92118   Message #1757504
Posted By: Bonnie Shaljean
11-Jun-06 - 07:16 PM
Thread Name: a mnemonic for the modes
Subject: RE: a mnemonic for the modes
O gosh. Weren't you making a pun? Tell you what, I'll explain if you will. A plagal cadence is a final chord resolution IV-I, from the sub-dominant chord to the tonic. In plain English, in church hymns when you sing "Amen" at the end, that's a plagal cadence.

Your turn! What have we been avoiding like the plague?