6 Odd 20th century time signatures (such as \"5/8\") can often be played
7 as compound time signatures (e.g. \"3/8 + 2/8\"), which combine two or
8 more inequal metrics. LilyPond can make such music quite easy to read
9 and play, by explicitly printing the compound time signatures and
10 adapting the automatic beaming behavior. (Graphic measure grouping
11 indications can also be added; see the appropriate snippet in this
14 doctitle = "Compound time signatures"
17 #(define ((compound-time one two num) grob)
18 (grob-interpret-markup grob
19 (markup #:override '(baseline-skip . 0) #:number
20 (#:line ((#:column (one num))
22 (#:column (two num)))))))
25 \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = #(compound-time "2" "3" "8")
27 \set Staff.beatStructure = #'(2 3)