Noteheads supplement (U+EEA0–U+EEDF)

Supplementary to Noteheads

GlyphDescriptionGlyphDescription
U+EEA0
noteheadNancarrowSine
Sine notehead (Nancarrow)
U+EEA1
noteheadCowellThirdNoteSeriesWhole
2/3 note (third note series, Cowell)
U+EEA2
noteheadCowellThirdNoteSeriesHalf
1/3 note (third note series, Cowell)
U+EEA3
noteheadCowellThirdNoteSeriesBlack
1/6 note (third note series, Cowell)
U+EEA4
noteheadCowellFifthNoteSeriesWhole
4/5 note (fifth note series, Cowell)
U+EEA5
noteheadCowellFifthNoteSeriesHalf
2/5 note (fifth note series, Cowell)
U+EEA6
noteheadCowellFifthNoteSeriesBlack
1/5 note (fifth note series, Cowell)
U+EEA7
noteheadCowellSeventhNoteSeriesWhole
4/7 note (seventh note series, Cowell)
U+EEA8
noteheadCowellSeventhNoteSeriesHalf
2/7 note (seventh note series, Cowell)
U+EEA9
noteheadCowellSeventhNoteSeriesBlack
1/7 note (seventh note series, Cowell)
U+EEAA
noteheadCowellNinthNoteSeriesWhole
8/9 note (ninth note series, Cowell)
U+EEAB
noteheadCowellNinthNoteSeriesHalf
4/9 note (ninth note series, Cowell)
U+EEAC
noteheadCowellNinthNoteSeriesBlack
2/9 note (ninth note series, Cowell)
U+EEAD
noteheadCowellEleventhNoteSeriesWhole
8/11 note (eleventh note series, Cowell)
U+EEAE
noteheadCowellEleventhNoteSeriesHalf
4/11 note (eleventh note series, Cowell)
U+EEAF
noteheadCowellEleventhSeriesBlack
2/11 note (eleventh note series, Cowell)
U+EEB0
noteheadCowellThirteenthNoteSeriesWhole
8/13 note (thirteenth note series, Cowell)
U+EEB1
noteheadCowellThirteenthNoteSeriesHalf
4/13 note (thirteenth note series, Cowell)
U+EEB2
noteheadCowellThirteenthNoteSeriesBlack
2/13 note (thirteenth note series, Cowell)
U+EEB3
noteheadCowellFifteenthNoteSeriesWhole
8/15 note (fifteenth note series, Cowell)
U+EEB4
noteheadCowellFifteenthNoteSeriesHalf
4/15 note (fifteenth note series, Cowell)
U+EEB5
noteheadCowellFifteenthNoteSeriesBlack
2/15 note (fifteenth note series, Cowell)

Implementation notes

The so-called "sine" notehead was invented by Conlon Nancarrow as a more compact representation of a note five 8ths (quavers) or 16ths (semiquavers) in duration. It does not appear that Nancarrow ever gave this notehead a formal name, so we have named it after its resemblance to a sine wave.

This range also includes noteheads invented by Henry Cowell, first published in his book New Musical Resources (1930). Cowell suggested using these noteheads to denote tuplet relationships without writing explicit tuplets.