Scale note before la (3)

I believe the answer is:

sol

(Other definitions for sol that I've seen before include "nearby star" , "Peruvian currency; Roman sun god" , "Personification of the sun" , "The Sun (or Campbell?)" , "Note, old french coin" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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