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* '''U''' describes how many scale degrees are of the "larger" or "major" variant, per octave | * '''U''' describes how many scale degrees are of the "larger" or "major" variant, per octave | ||
* '''D''' describes how many scale degrees are of the "smaller" or "minor" variant, per octave | * '''D''' describes how many scale degrees are of the "smaller" or "minor" variant, per octave | ||
* When we start chromatically altering the notes of the | * When we start chromatically altering the notes of the mode, we often do that differently for each individual sub-period of the octave, so it is a more useful perspective to look at the total number of "sharps" and "flats" in the octave, rather than each sub-period | ||
* The quantity '''U''' + '''D''' + '''P''' is always the number of notes in the scale | * The quantity '''U''' + '''D''' + '''P''' is always the number of notes in the scale | ||