Compound (music)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is an orphan, as few or no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from other articles related to it. (February 2009)

This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2009)

In music, compound refers to an interval or time signature.

An interval that is compound is an interval which exceeds or is wider than one octave, whereas a simple interval lies within one octave.

A time signature that is compound is one based on groups of three notes (most often quavers or eighth notes) whereas a simple time signature is one based on groups of two notes (most often crotchets or quarter notes).