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
15 doctitle = "Compound time signatures"
18 #(define ((compound-time one two num) grob)
19 (grob-interpret-markup grob
20 (markup #:override '(baseline-skip . 0) #:number
24 (#:column (two num))))
28 \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = #(compound-time "2" "3" "8")
30 #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 5 8) 1 4)