Musical Symbols (Unicode block)

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]

Musical Symbols
RangeU+1D100..U+1D1FF
(256 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsCommon (211 char.)
Inherited (22 char.)
Symbol setsModern musical notation
Assigned233 code points
Unused23 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: [1][2]

Block

Musical Symbols[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
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 15.1
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:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
3.1U+1D100..1D126, 1D12A..1D1DD219L2/97-129Roland, Perry (1996-12-03), Proposal for encoding Western music symbols in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/97-264Aliprand, Joan (1997-11-25), Comments on Proposal for Encoding Western Music Symbols
N1693Roland, Perry (1998-02-19), Proposal for encoding Western Music symbols
L2/98-045Roland, Perry (1998-02-23), Proposal for Encoding Western Music Symbols in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/98-039Aliprand, 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
L2/98-070Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "Western Music", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998
L2/98-286N1703Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.21", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
L2/99-392Hodgson, Andrew (1999-12-24), Comments on the Proposal for Encoding Western Music Symbols in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/00-179Everson, Michael (2000-06-08), Draft Irish comments to FCD 10646-2:2000 (Musical symbols chart)
N2280Suignard, 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)
L2/04-258Cline, Ernest (2004-04-17), Musical symbol errors
L2/04-316Moore, Lisa (2004-08-19), "B.15.14", UTC #100 Minutes
5.1U+1D1291L2/05-258N2983Andries, Patrick (2005-09-07), Defect report and proposal to add one musical multiple rest character
L2/05-270Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "H. Musical symbol", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)
L2/05-279Moore, 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
8.0U+1D1DE..1D1E811L2/11-376Andreev, Aleksandr; Shardt, Yuri; Simmons, Nikita (2011-09-29), Proposal to Encode Medieval East-Slavic Musical Notation in Unicode
L2/12-022N4206Andreev, Aleksandr; Shardt, Yuri; Simmons, Nikita (2011-09-29), Proposal to Encode Medieval East-Slavic Musical Notation
L2/12-122Andreev, Aleksandr; Shardt, Yuri; Simmons, Nikita (2012-04-23), Proposal to Encode Medieval East-Slavic Musical Notation in Unicode
L2/12-327N4362Andreev, Aleksandr; Shardt, Yuri; Simmons, Nikita (2012-10-04), Proposal to Encode Medieval East-Slavic Musical Notation
L2/12-343R2Moore, 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
14.0U+1D1E9..1D1EA2L2/20-159Pournader, Roozbeh (2020-04-23), Proposal to encode two accidentals for Iranian classical music
L2/20-169Anderson, 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
L2/20-172Moore, Lisa (2020-08-03), "Consensus 164-C17", UTC #164 Minutes
  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 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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