Cofinal (music)

In the church modes of Gregorian chant a cofinal (cofinalis or affinalis) is an alternative final or tonic. Typical a mode would end on either d, e, f, or g, while those ending on a, b, or c' used the cofinal. (Hoppin 1978, p.66)

Source

• Hoppin, Richard H. (1978). Medieval Music. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-09090-6.