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/ˈpleɪɡəl/ · adjective
(music) Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form..
[…] [Carol] King uses the plagal coda as affirmation in “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”, the 1967 anthem to liberated female sexuality that King co-wrote with [Gerry] Goffin for Aretha Franklin.
Use plagal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Plagal means (music) Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include authentic.
[…] [Carol] King uses the plagal coda as affirmation in “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”, the 1967 anthem to liberated female sexuality that King co-wrote with [Gerry] Goffin for Aretha Franklin.
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