Music Symbols ♪ — Copy and Paste

Music symbols decorate playlists, song titles, lyric posts, and music-themed bios. Unicode includes the four common note shapes (quarter ♩, eighth ♪, beamed ♫ ♬), the accidentals (♭ flat, ♮ natural, ♯ sharp), the treble and bass clefs as 𝄞 𝄢, and the full musical-instrument emoji set 🎵 🎶 🎼 🎷 🎸. Useful for any kind of music-related content where you want a visual cue without breaking the line of text.

39 symbols · click any one to copy · Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2660–U+266F), Musical Symbols (U+1D100–U+1D1FF)

𝄞
𝄢
𝄪
𝄫
𝄐
𝄑
𝄚
𝄻
𝄼
𝄽
𝄾
𝄿
𝅀
🎵
🎶
🎼
🎤
🎧
🎷
🎸
🎹
🎺
🎻
🪕
🥁
🪘
🪗
🪈
🎙️
🎚️
🎛️
🎟️

How to use music symbols

Click any symbol to copy. The most universal note glyphs are ♪ (single eighth) and ♬ (beamed pair) — they render reliably across every platform. Use them around song titles in playlist captions (♪ now playing: song name ♪) or after lyrics in social posts. Clefs 𝄞 𝄢 work in modern fonts on iOS, Android, macOS, Windows 10+; older systems may show boxes — when in doubt, fall back to ♩ ♪ ♫. The sharp ♯ and flat ♭ are also useful in non-musical contexts: C♯ as a programming language, B♭ as a key signature in a song title.

Where music symbols shine

Playlist and song titles

Wrap song names in note symbols — ♪ Blinding Lights ♪ — or use them as bullet points in a playlist list. Works in Spotify descriptions, YouTube titles, Apple Music playlists.

Lyric posts and quotes

Mark quoted lyrics with ♫ at the start and end. Helps readers distinguish lyrics from the surrounding caption text.

Music-related bios

Compose an aesthetic music bio — ♪ vinyl & cassettes / ♫ lo-fi producer. Pair with related dividers for full effect.

Genre and key labels

Use ♯ and ♭ in song key labels — "in F♯ minor" or "key: Bb (♭)". Common in producer bios and song descriptions.

Concert and event posts

Add 🎤 or 🎸 next to event details — 🎸 live at the venue, Friday 9pm — for instant visual grouping.

Frequently asked questions

Why does the treble clef 𝄞 show as a box?
The musical-symbols Unicode block (U+1D100–U+1D1FF) is outside the Basic Multilingual Plane and requires fonts that explicitly include musical glyphs. Most modern systems support it (iOS 13+, recent Android, Windows 10+ with Segoe UI Symbol). Older devices fall back to a missing-glyph box. The fallback is to use ♩ ♪ ♫ instead, which are in the BMP and supported everywhere.
How do I type a sharp ♯ that isn't autocorrected to hashtag #?
Many keyboards autocorrect ♯ to # because # is far more common. To preserve ♯, paste from this page or use your system's emoji/symbol picker. On macOS, also accessible via the Character Viewer (Ctrl+Cmd+Space). The two characters look similar but have different Unicode code points — ♯ is U+266F (Music Sharp Sign), # is U+0023 (Number Sign).
Are there guitar tab symbols in Unicode?
Unicode doesn't have dedicated guitar tablature glyphs. Tabs are conventionally written using ASCII numbers and dashes (e.g., 'e|--3--2--0--'), with the music staff drawn using the pipe character |. For tablature in social media posts, plain ASCII remains the standard.

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