LilyPond Music Glossary: 1.64 compound time

## 1.64 compound time

ES: compás compuesto, compás de amalgama (def. 2), I: tempo misto, F: temps composé, D: zusammengesetzte Taktart, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: yhdistetty tahtilajiosoitus.

1. A meter that includes a triplet subdivision within the beat: see compound meter.
2. A time signature that additively combines two or more unequal meters, e.g., ‘3/8 + 2/8’ instead of ‘5/8’. Sometimes called additive time signatures.

>     \relative c' {
>       \key f \major
>       \compoundMeter #'((3 8) (2 8) (3 8))
>       c8 d e f4 d8 c bes
>       c4 g'8 e c f4.
>       \bar "||"
>     }

#### See also

compound meter, meter, polymetric time signature.

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