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AMEN CADENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic
Synonyms:
amen cadence; plagal cadence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("amen cadence" is a kind of...):
cadence (the close of a musical section)