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6.6Plagal cadence = softer ending
Plagal cadence:
IV → I
In C:
F → C
It is weaker and softer than:
G7 → C
Try:
F → C
then:
G7 → C
The second has stronger tension/resolution.
The first feels more like:
settling
than:
resolving a crisis.