NOT.5:5.2 - Keep a useful count without pretending it preserves a rhythm

A toy score is a sequence of four equally spaced cue positions. D and T name two distinct sounds; there are no rests. Translate a score into the counts of D and T. Both D T D D and D D T D become D:3, T:1.

The target answers how many sounds are required: four. It cannot answer which sound occurs second. In the first score it is T; in the second it is D. No reverse choice made from the counts alone can recover both originals.

For this family with one T, retain its position as a supplement. Counts plus T-position:2 reconstruct D T D D: place T at position 2 and fill the remaining positions with D. This permits both the count and the second-cue question. If the score may contain several T cues, retain their positions, check that they are distinct and within the score, and check that their number agrees with the count. If rests or unequal intervals become relevant, the chosen description needs further distinctions.

The counts remain a sufficient result for inventory. Reconstructing performance order requires the supplement; reconstructing tempo would require a time scale that this toy score never supplied.