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Complex compound time signatures

This snippets implements complex compound time signatures (e.g. (1+3)/8 or (1+…

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Compound time signatures

…as 5/8 ) can often be played as compound time signatures (e.g. 3/8 + 2/8 ), which … …to read and play, by explicitly printing the compound time signatures and adapting the automatic beaming behavior.

…function, which is quite more powerful, especially for compound time signatures such as 5/8.

Create a compound time signature for irregular meters. Function \irregularMeter accepts the …