Compound metre
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In music, compound metre or compound time is a time signature or metre in which each beat (or rather, portion, 1/2 or 1/3 of a measure) is divided into three parts, as opposed to two which is simple metre.
For example, 6/8 is divided into two parts, making it duple metre, of three quavers (eighth notes) each, making it compound metre (compound duple metre).
Compound meter can be transcribed in simple using tuplets. Likewise, simple meter can be shown in compound through duplets.