Re: "Compound" meter
Hans Åberg <[email protected]>
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> On 6 Jan 2026, at 00:55, Dan Eble <[email protected]> wrote: > > Would anyone here who teaches music in the English language encourage me to rename the NR node "Compound time signatures"? (Find it under https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms#polymetric-notation .) > > What I remember being taught is that "compound" refers to meters with triplet subdivision, such as 6/8, 9/8, 12/8. Calling the time signatures in that NR section "complex" would make more sense to me, but I'm willing to be directed. It might be simplest; they are called that on the Wikipedia page below. Going down the road of meter structure seems complicated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signature#Complex_time_signatures