MDPE.Application:5.3.3 - Restore the Method behind a stylistic result

A recognized family of performed works is not automatically one Method. Recover the reusable way only when the question needs it: what the performer attends to, chooses and does, under which conditions, toward what result, with which permitted variation and stop.

For example, “pause after the partner’s cue, preserve a shared pulse and offer a continuation when the partner responds” describes an interaction to develop. “Looks like the recorded performance” describes a comparison result. The latter does not supply the former’s control conditions.

One Method can permit several stylistic results; several Methods can produce results that a coarse comparison groups together. A style can also name a convention for recognizing and selecting a family. Use A.3.1’s identity conditions to decide whether a change stays within one Method, refines it for a narrower use or requires another way. Neither a shared label nor visual resemblance makes the decision.

To reconstruct a useful method, follow the desired result backward to the required actions and conditions, then forward through a complete case. Ask the performer or inspect a revealing attempt when the record does not expose the choice. Keep what was inferred or supplied by that inquiry separate from what the original record already made recoverable.