https://wiki.lilypond.community/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=EbleLilyPond wiki - User contributions [en]2026-05-01T09:53:16ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.44.2https://wiki.lilypond.community/index.php?title=Complex_time_signatures&diff=6124Complex time signatures2026-01-09T12:30:57Z<p>Eble: Tag for inclusion in official documentation</p>
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<div>Odd time signatures (such as “5/8”) can often be played as complex time signatures (e.g. “3/8 + 2/8”), which combine two or more inequal metrics.<br />
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LilyPond can make such music quite easy to read and play, by explicitly printing the time signatures and adapting the automatic beaming behavior.<br />
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<lilypond version="2.24"><br />
\relative c' {<br />
\compoundMeter #'((2 8) (3 8))<br />
c8 d e fis gis<br />
c8 fis, gis e d<br />
c8 d e4 gis8<br />
}<br />
</lilypond><br />
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[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]<br />
[[Category:Rhythms]]<br />
[[Category:Snippet]]</div>Eblehttps://wiki.lilypond.community/index.php?title=Compound_time_signatures&diff=6123Compound time signatures2026-01-09T12:29:47Z<p>Eble: Eble moved page Compound time signatures to Complex time signatures: "Compound" refers to 6/8, 9/8, etc.</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Complex time signatures]]</div>Eblehttps://wiki.lilypond.community/index.php?title=Complex_time_signatures&diff=6122Complex time signatures2026-01-09T12:29:47Z<p>Eble: Eble moved page Compound time signatures to Complex time signatures: "Compound" refers to 6/8, 9/8, etc.</p>
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<div>Odd time signatures (such as “5/8”) can often be played as complex time signatures (e.g. “3/8 + 2/8”), which combine two or more inequal metrics.<br />
<br />
LilyPond can make such music quite easy to read and play, by explicitly printing the time signatures and adapting the automatic beaming behavior.<br />
<br />
<lilypond version="2.24"><br />
\relative c' {<br />
\compoundMeter #'((2 8) (3 8))<br />
c8 d e fis gis<br />
c8 fis, gis e d<br />
c8 d e4 gis8<br />
}<br />
</lilypond><br />
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<!--<br />
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]<br />
This snippet will be renamed because "compound meter" just means 6/8, 9/8, etc.<br />
https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2850#note_2990509829<br />
--><br />
[[Category:Rhythms]]<br />
[[Category:Snippet]]</div>Eblehttps://wiki.lilypond.community/index.php?title=Complex_time_signatures&diff=6109Complex time signatures2026-01-08T12:18:33Z<p>Eble: "Compound" -> "complex"; untag as official documentation in preparation for renaming</p>
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<div>Odd time signatures (such as “5/8”) can often be played as complex time signatures (e.g. “3/8 + 2/8”), which combine two or more inequal metrics.<br />
<br />
LilyPond can make such music quite easy to read and play, by explicitly printing the time signatures and adapting the automatic beaming behavior.<br />
<br />
<lilypond version="2.24"><br />
\relative c' {<br />
\compoundMeter #'((2 8) (3 8))<br />
c8 d e fis gis<br />
c8 fis, gis e d<br />
c8 d e4 gis8<br />
}<br />
</lilypond><br />
<br />
<!--<br />
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]<br />
This snippet will be renamed because "compound meter" just means 6/8, 9/8, etc.<br />
https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2850#note_2990509829<br />
--><br />
[[Category:Rhythms]]<br />
[[Category:Snippet]]</div>Eble