Template:Music symbols/doc

See also: Template:Music topics

{{Music symbols}} renders Western music notation of various types into Wikipedia and improves cross-browser support for music symbols.

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| 𝅝 𝅝 𝅝 | 𝅝 𝅝 𝅝 | 𝅝 𝅝 𝅝 | 𝅝 𝅝 𝅝 |

Accidentals

The template correctly renders Unicode sharps (♯), flats (♭), and natural signs (♮) in w:Internet Explorer which would otherwise display empty squares unless a full Unicode font is chosen in its Preferences. The choice of fonts also improves the rendering in other browsers on w:Microsoft Windows such as w:Mozilla Firefox. See the tables below to compare the results in your current browser. The template makes use of SVG to display double flat (), double sharp (), and microtonal signs since the corresponding Unicode characters are not widely supported.

Symbol	Unicode entity	Unicode result	Template text	Template result
Flat	♭	♭	{{music symbols|flat}} or {{music symbols|b}} or {{music symbols|♭}}	♭
Natural	♮	♮	{{music symbols|natural}} or {{music symbols|♮}}	♮
Sharp	♯	♯	{{musi symbolsc|sharp}} or {{music symbols|#}} or {{music symbols|♯}}	♯
Double flat	𝄫	𝄫	{{music symbols|doubleflat}} or {{music symbols|bb}} or {{music symbols|𝄫}}
Double sharp	𝄪	𝄪	{{music symbols|doublesharp}} or {{music symbols|##}} or {{music symbols|x}} or {{music symbols|𝄪}}
Half flat	𝄳	𝄳	{{music symbols|halfflat}} or {{music symbols|d}}
Half sharp	𝄲	𝄲	{{music symbols|halfsharp}} or {{music symbols|t}}
Flat stroke	𝄳	𝄳	{{music symbols|flatstroke}}
Three quarter flat			{{music symbols|threequarterflat}} or {{music symbols|db}}
Three quarter sharp			{{music symbols|threequartersharp}} or {{music symbols|#t}}
Double flat stroke			{{music symbols|doubleflatstroke}}

Sample text

The C♯ crops up very early in Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E♭.

Notes and rests

Symbol	Unicode entity	Unicode result	Template text	Template result
Whole note	𝅝	𝅝	{{music symbols|wholenote}} or {{music symbols|whole}} or {{music symbols|semibreve}}
Half note	𝅗𝅥	𝅗𝅥	{{music symbols|halfnote}} or {{music symbols|half}} or {{music symbols|minim}}
Quarter note	𝅘𝅥	𝅘𝅥	{{music symbols|quarternote}} or {{music symbols|quarter}} or {{music symbols|crotchet}}
Eighth note	𝅘𝅥𝅮	𝅘𝅥𝅮	{{music symbols|eighthnote}} or {{music symbols|eighth}} or {{music symbols|quaver}}
Beamed eighth notes			{{music symbols|eighthnotebeam}} or {{music symbols|eighthbeam}} or {{music symbols|quaverbeam}}
Sixteenth note	𝅘𝅥𝅯	𝅘𝅥𝅯	{{music symbols|sixteenthnote}} or {{music symbols|sixteenth}} or {{music symbols|semiquaver}}
Beamed sixteenth notes			{{music symbols|sixteenthnotebeam}} or {{music symbols|sixteenthbeam}} or {{music symbols|semiquaverbeam}}
Thirty- second note			{{music symbols|thirty-secondnote}} or {{music symbols|thirty-second}} or {{music symbols|demisemiquaver}}
Dot	.	.	{{music symbols|dot}}	.
Dotted quarter note	𝅘𝅥𝅯.	𝅘𝅥𝅯.	{{music symbols|dottedquarter}} or {{music symbols|dottedcrotchet}}	.
Dotted half note	𝅗𝅥.	𝅗𝅥.	{{music symbols|dottedhalf}} or {{music symbols|dottedminim}}	.
Whole rest	𝄻	𝄻	{{music symbols|wholerest}} or {{music symbols|semibreverest}}
Half rest	𝄼	𝄼	{{music symbols|halfrest}} or {{music symbols|minimrest}}
Quarter rest bombaclat	𝄽	𝄽	{{music symbols|quarterrest}} or {{music symbols|crotchetrest}}
Eighth rest	𝄾	𝄾	{{music symbols|eighthrest}} or {{music symbols|quaverrest}}
Sixteenth rest	𝄿	𝄿	{{music symbols|sixteenthrest}} or {{music symbols|semiquaverrest}}
Thirty- second rest			{{music symbols|thirtysecondrest}} or {{music symbols|demisemiquaverrest}}

Some browsers and typefaces support ♩ (♩) and ♪ (♪) for quarter and eighth notes, as well as ♫ (♫) and ♬ (♬) for beamed eighth-note and sixteenth-note pairs respectively, but since the display of these characters does not match any of the other (non-supported) notes and rests, this template does not use these characters.

Sample text

In place of the single whole note (), Chopin writes , completely changing the profile of the music.

Clefs

Symbol	Template text	Template result
Treble clef or G-clef	{{music symbols|treble}} or {{music symbols|trebleclef}} or {{music symbols|gclef}}
Alto clef	{{music symbols|alto}} or {{music symbols|altoclef}}
Tenor clef	{{music symbols|tenor}} or {{music symbols|tenorclef}}
C-clef	{{music symbols|cclef}}
Bass clef or F-clef	{{music symbols|bass}} or {{music symbols|bassclef}} or {{music symbols|fclef}}
Neutral clef	{{music symbols|neutral}} or {{music symbols|neutralclef}}	||

Note that there is no graphical distinction between treble clef and G-clef; alto clef, tenor clef and C-clef; bass clef and F-clef. The names preserve a difference in meaning and make the caption text (for screen readers) different.

Time signatures

Symbol	Template text	Template result
common-time	{{music symbols|common-time}}
cut-time	{{music symbols|cut-time}} or {{music symbols|alla-breve}}
2/4	{{music symbols|time|2|4}}
3/4	{{music symbols|time|3|4}}
6/8	{{music symbols|time|6|8}}
9/8	{{music symbols|time|9|8}}
12/8	{{music symbols|time|12|8}}

For a general time signature, use {{music symbols|time|<top number>|<bottom number>}}. This makes use of Template:Time signature, which should not be used on its own.

Scale degrees

Scale degrees are often represented as Arabic numerals with a hat on them and thus the root of a scale is .

Scale degree	Template text	Template result
1	{{music symbols|scale|1}}
2	{{music symbols|scale|2}}
3	{{music symbols|scale|3}}
4	{{music symbols|scale|4}}
5	{{music symbols|scale|5}}
6	{{music symbols|scale|6}}
7	{{music symbols|scale|7}}
8	{{music symbols|scale|8}}
9	{{music symbols|scale|9}}

Sample text

A descending tetrachord could be written as ---.

Chord symbols

Chord	Template text	Template result
Diminished	{{music symbols|dim}} or {{music symbols|dimdeg}}	o or °
Half-diminished	{{music symbols|halfdim}} or {{music symbols|dimslash}}	ø
Augmented	{{music symbols|+}} or {{music symbols|aug}}	+
Major	{{music symbols|delta}} or {{music symbols|major}}	Δ

Sample text

vii^o becomes vii^ø in B♭ minor by raising the G♭ to G♮.

III becomes III⁺ in G♯ minor by raising the F♯ to F.

The F♯Δ⁷ is used to great effect in the last measure of the piece.

Key signatures

Key signatures must be typed in using the names of the articles themselves on keys. Note that there is no visual difference between the major and minor key signatures, but the alt text is different.

Sharps/Flats	Key signature (major)	Template text	Template result	Key signature (minor)	Template text	Template result
7♯	C♯ major	{{music symbols|c-sharp major}}		A♯ minor	{{music symbols|a-sharp minor}}
6♯	F♯ major	{{music symbols|f-sharp major}}		D♯ minor	{{music symbols|d-sharp minor}}
5♯	B major	{{music symbols|b major}}		G♯ minor	{{music symbols|g-sharp minor}}
4♯	E major	{{music symbols|e major}}		C♯ minor	{{music symbols|c-sharp minor}}
3♯	A major	{{music symbols|a major}}		F♯ minor	{{music symbols|f-sharp minor}}
2♯	D major	{{music symbols|d major}}		B minor	{{music symbols|b minor}}
1♯	G major	{{music symbols|g major}}		E minor	{{music symbols|e minor}}
0	C major	{{music symbols|c major}}		A minor	{{music symbols|a minor}}
1♭	F major	{{music symbols|f major}}		D minor	{{music symbols|d minor}}
2♭	B♭ major	{{music symbols|b-flat major}}		G minor	{{music symbols|g minor}}
3♭	E♭ major	{{music symbols|e-flat major}}		C minor	{{music symbols|c minor}}
4♭	A♭ major	{{music symbols|a-flat major}}		F minor	{{music symbols|f minor}}
5♭	D♭ major	{{music symbols|d-flat major}}		B♭ minor	{{music symbols|b-flat minor}}
6♭	G♭ major	{{music symbols|g-flat major}}		E♭ minor	{{music symbols|e-flat minor}}
7♭	C♭ major	{{music symbols|c-flat major}}		A♭ minor	{{music symbols|a-flat minor}}