Musical Symbols (Unicode block)

Musical Symbols
Musical Symbols
Range	U+1D100..U+1D1FF; (256 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Common (211 char.) ; Inherited (22 char.)
Symbol sets	Modern musical notation
Assigned	233 code points
Unused	23 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.1 (2001)	219 (+219)
5.1 (2008)	220 (+1)
8.0 (2015)	231 (+11)
14.0 (2021)	233 (+2)
Unicode documentation
	Code chart ∣ Web page
	Note:

This article contains uncommon Unicode characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of the intended characters.

Musical Symbols is a Unicode block containing characters for representing modern musical notation. Fonts that support it include Bravura, Euterpe, FreeSerif, Musica and Symbola. The Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL), which is supported by the MusicXML format, expands on the Musical Symbols Unicode Block's 220 glyphs by using the Private Use Area in the Basic Multilingual Plane, permitting close to 2600 glyphs.^[3]

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:

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
3.1	U+1D100..1D126, 1D12A..1D1DD	219	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
				N1693	Roland, Perry (1998-02-19), Proposal for encoding Western Music symbols
			L2/98-045		Roland, Perry (1998-02-23), Proposal for Encoding Western Music Symbols in ISO/IEC 10646
			L2/98-039		Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1998-02-24), "3.A.1 REVISED PROPOSAL a. Western Music", Preliminary Minutes - UTC #74 & L2 #171, Mountain View, CA - December 5, 1997
			L2/98-070		Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "Western Music", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998
			L2/98-286	N1703	Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.21", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
			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)
				N2280	Suignard, Michel (2000-09-22), "Clause 10 Western musical symbols (Two identically named sectins: One under Ireland, one under Sweden)", Disposition of comments on SC2 N 3442 (ISO/IEC FCD 10646-2)
			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
5.1	U+1D129	1	L2/05-258	N2983	Andries, Patrick (2005-09-07), Defect report and proposal to add one musical multiple rest character
			L2/05-270		Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "H. Musical symbol", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)
			L2/05-279		Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), "C.10", UTC #105 Minutes
				N2953 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "11.3", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
8.0	U+1D1DE..1D1E8	11	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
			L2/12-343R2		Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C15", UTC #133 Minutes, Approve 11 East-Slavic musical symbols
				N4353 (pdf, doc)	"M60.14", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
14.0	U+1D1E9..1D1EA	2	L2/20-159		Pournader, Roozbeh (2020-04-23), Proposal to encode two accidentals for Iranian classical music
			L2/20-169		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-07-21), "27. Music Symbols", Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals
			L2/20-172		Moore, Lisa (2020-08-03), "Consensus 164-C17", UTC #164 Minutes
^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ "Standard Music Font Layout website". 7 February 2013. Retrieved 2018-02-24.

[final-4] Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

[1] "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

[2] "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

[3] "Standard Music Font Layout website". 7 February 2013. Retrieved 2018-02-24.

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