Music Glossary: 1.63 compound time

## 1.63 compound time

ES: compás compuesto, compás de amalgama (def. 2), I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, 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.

#### See also

compound meter, meter, polymetric time signature.

#### Music glossary