Talk:Musica ricercata

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One-tone equal temperament?

The claim in the description of the first movement, that it 'could also be thought of [as] using 1-tone equal temperament', is misleading and could be removed. As the previous sentence directly states, the movement uses two pitch classes, not one; and they form a 12-tone equal-temperament interval (together with its inversion). Had only one pitch class been used, I still don't see what thinking of the movement as being in '1-tone equal temperament' would add to an understanding of the work, given that it doesn't explore other equal-temperament divisions elsewhere, and I doubt there are significant, independent third-party sources that make this observation. So, if nobody objects, I'll delete the sentence and amend the following one to 'Ligeti develops the initial, single pitch class by...'. Connoissaur (talk) 13:16, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]