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102.180A practical recomposition worksheet
Then ask:
What will remain?
Choose 2–4 invariants.
What will change?
Choose 2–4 dimensions.
What is the new style?
Define its behavioral grammar.
Where is the new climax?
Do not assume old texture.
What is the new ending?
It may preserve only cadence function.
Now rebuild.