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1.60 compound time

ES: compás compuesto, compás de amalgama (def. 2), I: ?, F: ?, D: Dreiertakt, Wechseltakt, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: ?.

  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.

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See also

compound meter, meter.

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