 Although Hodgson’s analysis of experiencing a sequence of tones is clearly Retentionalist in spirit – see Anderson (2017) for more on this – what he says in the course of his analysis of the experiencing of a single C-tone in the Metaphysic suggests his position may be more complex.  Here Hodgson stresses that no matter how brief the C-tone might be it will have some experienced duration, and so will consist of an experienced transition between earlier and later phases, even if these are very difficult to discern in introspection.  Although these elementary durations will also feature retentions, they are of a distinctive kind:  