Definitions of tuning terms
© 1998 by Joseph L. Monzo
All definitions by Joe Monzo unless otherwise cited
RMS, root mean square
Used sometimes to evaluate how closely a scale's intervals
will approximate a particular set of other intervals.
[from
Paul Erlich]
The standard statistical measure of error. It
is the square root of the mean of the squares of the errors of the
individual intervals.
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