"modal scale" meaning in English

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      "glosses": [
        "A tonal scale used in most forms of Western music."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ionian mode"
        },
        {
          "word": "Dorian mode"
        },
        {
          "word": "Phrygian mode"
        },
        {
          "word": "Lydian mode"
        },
        {
          "word": "Mixolydian mode"
        },
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          "word": "Aeolian mode"
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          "word": "Locrian mode"
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          "tonal",
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        "(music) A tonal scale used in most forms of Western music."
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
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  "word": "modal scale"
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      "word": "Ionian mode"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dorian mode"
    },
    {
      "word": "Phrygian mode"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lydian mode"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mixolydian mode"
    },
    {
      "word": "Aeolian mode"
    },
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      "word": "Locrian mode"
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        "A tonal scale used in most forms of Western music."
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          "tonal"
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        "(music) A tonal scale used in most forms of Western music."
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