Diatonic Scale
Any 7-note scale constructed sequentially using only two types of intervals, repeating at the octave, having a tonal center, and comprising only one tritone interval between any two scale members. There are seven such scales, and they are commonly known as the modes of the Major scale (Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian).
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