"modal scale" meaning in English

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        "A tonal scale used in most forms of Western music."
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          "word": "Ionian mode"
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          "word": "Dorian mode"
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          "word": "Phrygian mode"
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          "word": "Lydian mode"
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          "word": "Mixolydian mode"
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          "word": "Aeolian mode"
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        "(music) A tonal scale used in most forms of Western music."
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      "word": "Aeolian mode"
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      "word": "Locrian mode"
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