The same method of analysis was next applied to four-beat
rhythms. The proportional intensive values of the successive
reactions for the series of possible accentual positions are
given in the following table: Stress. 1st Beat. 2d Beat. 3d
Beat. 4th Beat. Initial, 1.000 0.575 0.407 0.432 Secondary,
0.530 1.000 0.546 0.439 Tertiary, 0.470 0.407 1.000 0.453 Final,
0.492 0.445 0.467 1.000 The first and fourth forms follow
similar courses, each marked by initial and final stress; but
while this is true throughout in the fourth form, it results in
the first form from the preponderance of the final interval in a
single individual’s record, and therefore cannot be considered
typical. The second and third forms are preserved throughout the
individual averages. The second form shows a maximum from which
the curve descends continuously in either direction; in the
third a division of the whole group into pairs is presented, a
minor initial accent occurring symmetrically with the primary
accent on the third element. This