> On 6 Jan 2026, at 00:55, Dan Eble <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/displaying-rhythms#polymetric-notation … > … since \time was recently made capable of doing everything that > \compoundMeter can do, converting \compoundMeter into a mere syntactic > simplification of \time, I propose renaming \compoundMeter to \timeAbbr. > > To clarify for those who haven't been following 2.25 development, these now > construct the same music expression: > > \compoundMeter #'((2 3 8) (3 4)) > \time #'(((2 3) . 8) (3 . 4))
I think there should be two commands, one for the written time signature, and one for the metric accents expressed by the beaming structure. If one just uses one command, it is used for both time signature and metric accents. There are use cases where there is no formal relation between those two, dictated by tradition. In the example on the link above \compoundMeter #'((1 4) (3 8)) I would like to be able to have another bar style within the mixed meter, say a dotted one, as it helps readability. The rendering seems strange in the example on the link above \compoundMeter #'((1 2 3 8) (3 4)) The first 6 eights notes should be beamed as 1 2 3, then a metric bar, then the 3/4 beamed together, or as 2 2 2 in an alternate style.
