Compound Time Signatures

konradh · January 12, 2026, 9:37pm

@Janus Suggested I could write a 21/8 time signature as shown below (from his answer):

I was only able to get a compound numerator like this:

How do I create the 12/8 + 9/8?

Thank you.

arco · January 12, 2026, 9:42pm

Is this what you are wanting to do?

billstevns · January 12, 2026, 9:52pm

12/8|9/8

charles_piano · January 13, 2026, 7:08am

It depends on what you want (dashed separator or not).

12/8|9/8 gives you this

12/8:9/8 gives you this:

Or if you want alternating Time Signatures (here, 12/8 and 9/8 are two distinct bars)

12/8 + 9/8 (with a space before and after the +)