 This allowed for a larger number of smaller, unequal intervals than found in the Western classical music tradition's twelve-tone equal temperament.Partch's tuning is often classed as microtonality, as it allowed for intervals smaller than 100 cents, though Partch did not conceive his tuning in such a context.Instead, he saw it as a return to pre-Classical Western musical roots, in particular to the music of the ancient Greeks.