Arithmetic mean: Difference between revisions
+"frequency mean"; "logarithmic mean" -> "geometric mean" |
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In tuning, the '''arithmetic mean''', '''otonal mean''', or '''frequency mean''' generates new pitch materials by taking the mean in the arithmetic scale of pitch i.e. the scale proportional to frequency. It can be said with respect to | In tuning, the '''arithmetic mean''', '''otonal mean''', or '''frequency mean''' generates new pitch materials by taking the mean in the arithmetic scale of pitch i.e. the scale proportional to frequency. It can be said with respect to pitches in frequency as well as intervals in frequency ratios on a certain common fundamental. | ||
The arithmetic mean ''f'' of two frequencies ''f''<sub>1</sub> and ''f''<sub>2</sub> is | The arithmetic mean ''f'' of two frequencies ''f''<sub>1</sub> and ''f''<sub>2</sub> is | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Pythagorean means]] | ||
[[Category:Terms]] | [[Category:Terms]] | ||
[[Category:Elementary math]] | [[Category:Elementary math]] | ||