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Musical Symbols (Unicode block)

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Musical Symbols
RangeU+1D100..U+1D1FF
(256 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsCommon (209 char.)
Inherited (22 char.)
Symbol setsmodern musical notation
Assigned231 code points
Unused25 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.1 (2001)219 (+219)
5.1 (2008)220 (+1)
8.0 (2015)231 (+11)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Musical Symbols is a Unicode block containing characters for representing modern musical notation. Fonts that support it include Musica and Symbola

Block

Musical Symbols[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+1D10x 𝄀 𝄁 𝄂 𝄃 𝄄 𝄅 𝄆 𝄇 𝄈 𝄉 𝄊 𝄋 𝄌 𝄍 𝄎 𝄏
U+1D11x 𝄐 𝄑 𝄒 𝄓 𝄔 𝄕 𝄖 𝄗 𝄘 𝄙 𝄚 𝄛 𝄜 𝄝 𝄞 𝄟
U+1D12x 𝄠 𝄡 𝄢 𝄣 𝄤 𝄥 𝄦 𝄩 𝄪 𝄫 𝄬 𝄭 𝄮 𝄯
U+1D13x 𝄰 𝄱 𝄲 𝄳 𝄴 𝄵 𝄶 𝄷 𝄸 𝄹 𝄺 𝄻 𝄼 𝄽 𝄾 𝄿
U+1D14x 𝅀 𝅁 𝅂 𝅃 𝅄 𝅅 𝅆 𝅇 𝅈 𝅉 𝅊 𝅋 𝅌 𝅍 𝅎 𝅏
U+1D15x 𝅐 𝅑 𝅒 𝅓 𝅔 𝅕 𝅖 𝅗 𝅘 NULL
NOTE
 HEAD  		𝅚 𝅛 𝅜 𝅝 𝅗𝅥 𝅘𝅥
U+1D16x 𝅘𝅥𝅮 𝅘𝅥𝅯 𝅘𝅥𝅰 𝅘𝅥𝅱 𝅘𝅥𝅲 𝅥 𝅦 𝅧 𝅨 𝅩 𝅪 𝅫 𝅬 𝅭 𝅮 𝅯
U+1D17x 𝅰 𝅱 𝅲  BEGIN 
BEAM 		END
 BEAM  		 BEGIN 
TIE 		END
 TIE  		 BEGIN 
SLUR 		END
 SLUR  		 BEGIN 
PHR. 		END
 PHR.  		𝅻 𝅼 𝅽 𝅾 𝅿
U+1D18x 𝆀 𝆁 𝆂 𝆃 𝆄 𝆅 𝆆 𝆇 𝆈 𝆉 𝆊 𝆋 𝆌 𝆍 𝆎 𝆏
U+1D19x 𝆐 𝆑 𝆒 𝆓 𝆔 𝆕 𝆖 𝆗 𝆘 𝆙 𝆚 𝆛 𝆜 𝆝 𝆞 𝆟
U+1D1Ax 𝆠 𝆡 𝆢 𝆣 𝆤 𝆥 𝆦 𝆧 𝆨 𝆩 𝆪 𝆫 𝆬 𝆭 𝆮 𝆯
U+1D1Bx 𝆰 𝆱 𝆲 𝆳 𝆴 𝆵 𝆶 𝆷 𝆸 𝆹 𝆺 𝆹𝅥 𝆺𝅥 𝆹𝅥𝅮 𝆺𝅥𝅮 𝆹𝅥𝅯
U+1D1Cx 𝆺𝅥𝅯 𝇁 𝇂 𝇃 𝇄 𝇅 𝇆 𝇇 𝇈 𝇉 𝇊 𝇋 𝇌 𝇍 𝇎 𝇏
U+1D1Dx 𝇐 𝇑 𝇒 𝇓 𝇔 𝇕 𝇖 𝇗 𝇘 𝇙 𝇚 𝇛 𝇜 𝇝 𝇞 𝇟
U+1D1Ex 𝇠 𝇡 𝇢 𝇣 𝇤 𝇥 𝇦 𝇧 𝇨 𝇩 𝇪
U+1D1Fx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Musical Symbols block:

Final code points[a] Count Version L2 ID WG2 ID Document
U+1D100..1D126, 1D12A..1D1DD 219 3.1 L2/97-129 Roland, Perry (1996-12-03), Proposal for encoding Western music symbols in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/97-264 Aliprand, Joan (1997-11-25), Comments on Proposal for Encoding Western Music Symbols
L2/98-045 Roland, Perry (1998-02-23), Proposal for Encoding Western Music Symbols in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/99-392 Hodgson, Andrew (1999-12-24), Comments on the Proposal for Encoding Western Music Symbols in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/00-179 Everson, Michael (2000-06-08), Draft Irish comments to FCD 10646-2:2000 (Musical symbols chart)
L2/04-258 Cline, Ernest (2004-04-17), Musical symbol errors
L2/04-316 Moore, Lisa (2004-08-19), "B.15.14", UTC #100 Minutes
U+1D129 1 5.1 L2/05-258 N2983 Andries, Patrick (2005-09-07), Defect report and proposal to add one musical multiple rest character
U+1D1DE..1D1E8 11 8.0 L2/11-376 Andreev, Aleksandr; Shardt, Yuri; Simmons, Nikita (2011-09-29), Proposal to Encode Medieval East-Slavic Musical Notation in Unicode
L2/12-022 N4206 Andreev, Aleksandr; Shardt, Yuri; Simmons, Nikita (2011-09-29), Proposal to Encode Medieval East-Slavic Musical Notation
L2/12-122 Andreev, Aleksandr; Shardt, Yuri; Simmons, Nikita (2012-04-23), Proposal to Encode Medieval East-Slavic Musical Notation in Unicode
L2/12-327 N4362 Andreev, Aleksandr; Shardt, Yuri; Simmons, Nikita (2012-10-04), Proposal to Encode Medieval East-Slavic Musical Notation
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

References

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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