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 ==Naming mos modes==
-TAMNAMS can use any notation to name modes, but the default is a simplified version of [[Modal UDP notation]] which just specifies the number of generators up and down without multiplying them by the number of periods per equave (i.e. "[generators up]|[generators down]", even for multiperiod mos scales). For example, the names of modes for 5L 3s are the names of the mos followed by the simplified UDP of that mode.
+By default, TAMNAMS uses a simplified version of [[Modal UDP notation]] which specifies the number of generators up and down without multiplying them by the number of periods per equave. This only affects how the modes of multi-period MOS scales are written: for example, the modes of 4L 2s are written as 2|0, 1|1, and 0|2, instead of 4|0(2), 2|2(2), and 0|2(4). The modes for single-period MOS scales, such as 5|2 in 5L 3s, are written the same way to that of standard UDP notation.
+Other mode notation schemes or mode names can be used instead, if desired.
 {{MOS mode degrees|Scale Signature=5L 3s|MOS Prefix=mos|Mode Names=Default}}
 For modes with altered scale degrees, the abbreviations for the scale degrees are listed after the UDP for the mode.