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89, 91, 92, 90, 91, 90, 94, 93, 93, 91. The average interval is 0.92 
second. 
Figure 5 [pl. 16] is a diagram of the time relations of the various 
elements of the music drawn to exact scale, 1 millimeter being equal 
to +55 second. The drumbeats are marked by bars and _ these 
and the notes are marked as aiready described. The numbers above 
the notes are the intervals in hundredths of a second between the 
beginning of the note and the preceding or succeeding drumbeat, as 
counted on the photograph. The numbers, as 39, 193, etc., are the 
intervals between notes (lengths of notes) in hundredths of a second. 
The note c is 0.39 second long; e and f together are 0.74 second long; 
g and h, 0.74 second long; and J, 0.71 second long. It would appear 
that a quarter note may be taken as equal to 0.74 second, exactly 
the same value as is very definitely shown to exist in the Woman’s 
dance. The first note of the diagram is then an eighth note, the 
second is a dotted half note, etc. The interpretation of the length 
of the notes in musical notation may then be written as in the last 
line of figure 5 [pl. 16].. The phrase thus interpreted is hardly long 
enough to determine the length of the bar, but the piece seems to be 
in 2—4 time, with bars as indicated. ‘This is in substantial agreement 
with the original transcription. 
From this study of the photograph of the Lame dance it is difficult 
to determine any definite relation between the drumbeats, which 
occur with mechanical regularity, and the voice, which has a varying 
accent and rhythm. Perhaps it may be said that a drumbeat 
follows an accented vocal note, as beats @, @, and @ follow the 
accented notes ef, gh, and 7k. On the other hand, the strongly 
accented note w follows beat @ after a short interval of 0.11 second. 
In the Woman’s dance each pair of drumbeats seems to correspond 
very directly to the 2-4 measure of the musical notation, and such 
a measure has a length of 0.29+0.45=0.74 second, which is the 
period of the pairs of beats. In the Lame dance the quarter note 
of the voice seems to be exactly the same as for the Woman’s dance, 
0.74 second, but in the Lame dance there is no apparent relation of 
this interval to the drumbeats, which are 0.92 second apart. 
Dayton C. MILLER. 
ApriL 9, 1918. 
