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The Minor plagal cadence in B minor

Minor plagal cadence in B minor plays Bm and Em — i and iv — across 3 chords. The plagal cadence's minor-key cousin: a minor iv falling back to a minor i, a favorite darker substitute for the dominant.

The chords, in order

1Bmi
2Emiv
3Bmi

The shapes

The same progression in a nearby key

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