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20. Analysis of Rhythm 

 Rhythmic balance is generated and maintained by 

 regularly recurring accents. Common rhythmic feel- 

 ing impels us to follow up an initial group of two 

 pulses by another, two such groups by two more, and 

 so on. Likewise we are impelled to follow up an 

 initial group of three pulses by another, two such 

 groups by two more, and so on. Examples are given : 



1. TWO-PULSE RHYTHMS 





2. THREE-PULSE RHYTHMS 



etc 



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etc. 



Our spontaneous desire to arrange pulses in regular 

 accentual groups, and to repeat and develop an initial 

 group, is no more nor less than the natural desire to 

 keep balance, to keep time, to obey the inherent and 

 innate shaping principle, equilibrium. To keep 

 time is to keep balance, to keep balance is to keep 

 time. 



