1\version "2.19.16"
2
3\header {
4  texidoc = "The @code{\\compound-meter} markup command can produce various kinds of numeric time signature."
5}
6
7\markup {
8  \vspace #2
9  These are conventional time signatures:
10  \compound-meter #3
11  \compound-meter #'(3 . 4)
12  \compound-meter #'(4 4)
13  (Aren't they pretty?)
14}
15
16\markup {
17  \vspace #2
18  This is single-digit compound time signature:
19  \compound-meter #'((2) (3))
20  (Isn't it pretty?)
21}
22
23\markup {
24  \vspace #2
25  This is an unusual time signature:
26  \compound-meter #'((6.22e23 1) (-4 . 3) (3.14) (9876 5432 0) (-1))
27  (Isn't it pretty?)
28}
29