> On 28 Oct 2016, at 21:48, David Wright <lily...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 11:22:00 (-0700), Tobin Chodos wrote: >> Forgive me if this is a too-easy issue for the list, but: is there a way to >> define a time compound time signature such as 4/4 + 1/3? That is, the >> measure is four quarter notes long plus one triplet eighth note. > > Isn't this just 13/8? Three triplet eighth notes make a quarter note. > So it's 3+3+3+3+1 all over 8, and the notes will be written out as > four dotted quarter notes and an eighth note per measure.
Indeed, 12/8 may be complicated notationally if the beats of length 3/8 are divided into twos and fours, so 4/4 might be preferred. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
