Musical Symbols (Unicode block)

Musical Symbols
Range U+1D100..U+1D1FF
(256 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Common (209 char.)
Inherited (22 char.)
Symbol sets modern musical notation
Assigned 231 code points
Unused 25 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.1 219 (+219)
5.1 220 (+1)
8.0 231 (+11)
Note: [1][2]

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)
 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 11.0
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:

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
L2/98-045Roland, Perry (1998-02-23), Proposal for Encoding Western Music Symbols in ISO/IEC 10646
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)
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
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
  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.
  3. ↑ "Standard Music Font Layout website". Retrieved 2018-02-24.
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