Rebuttal, second opinions, and report audits
Focused review of an opposing (or draft) musicology analysis. The objective is controlled: identify what is unsupported, what is overstated, and what is misstated, then produce corrective analysis and exhibits.
Common failure modes
- Conflating production resemblance with compositional similarity.
- Over-claiming stock devices as distinctive.
- Cherry-picking fragments without recurrence/context.
- Missing structural differences that drive listener perception.
Outputs
- Audit memo: claims accepted vs rejected, with reasons.
- Corrective tables with timestamps/measures and recurrence.
- Alternative explanations and constraints articulated for the record.