Minor Plagal Cadence I-IV-iv-I
Piano sound loads on first tap. Resolved in the key of C — every chord links to its full analysis.
The wistful cousin of the 'Amen' cadence. After the bright major subdominant (IV), the same chord turns MINOR (iv, borrowed from the parallel minor) before settling on the tonic — a soft, nostalgic resolution used by the Beatles ('In My Life') and countless ballads.
What each degree does
Feels like home — complete rest, where the piece departs from and returns to. The major tonic, where everything settles.
A step out from home into the light — the subdominant. It sets up the dominant or resolves with a plagal ('amen') colour, opening space without sharp tension.
The minor subdominant — a IV borrowed from the minor mode. That bittersweet, nostalgic plagal colour of a chord that 'should' be major arriving tinged with sadness.
Feels like home — complete rest, where the piece departs from and returns to. The major tonic, where everything settles.