The chromatic scale is not the one we ordinarily use in tonal music compositions. (emphasis added)

What you talkin' bout, Willis? I won't even get into the "we ordinarily" part... sheeesh...

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"dissonant music"
or who come from a culture with a different musical scale. Or am I talking about the same thing?

It seems to be easy to equate <tonal> with <consonance> when one has been listening to the same tones all ones life... so, Zed, you may be talking about the same thing...