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27.52Level 23 — don't force chord-scale labels onto every melody note
Suppose the melody briefly passes through D natural in a Phrygian-ish area.
That does not necessarily mean:
“mode changed.”
It may be an ornamental chromatic tone.
Mode describes the broader sound, not every instant.