Chord symbols (U+E870–U+E87F)
| Glyph | Description | Glyph | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| | U+E870 (and U+1D1A9) csymDiminished Diminished |
| U+E871 csymHalfDiminished Half-diminished |
| | U+E872 csymAugmented Augmented |
| U+E873 csymMajorSeventh Major seventh |
| | U+E874 csymMinor Minor |
| U+E875 csymParensLeftTall Double-height left parenthesis |
| | U+E876 csymParensRightTall Double-height right parenthesis |
| U+E877 csymBracketLeftTall Double-height left bracket |
| | U+E878 csymBracketRightTall Double-height right bracket |
| U+E879 csymParensLeftVeryTall Triple-height left parenthesis |
| | U+E87A csymParensRightVeryTall Triple-height right parenthesis |
| U+E87B csymAlteredBassSlash Slash for altered bass note |
| | U+E87C csymDiagonalArrangementSlash Slash for chord symbols arranged diagonally |
Recommended stylistic alternates
| Glyph | Description | Glyph | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| | uniE870.ss07 csymDiminishedSmall Diminished (subscript or superscript) |
| uniE871.ss07 csymHalfDiminishedSmall Half-diminished (subscript or superscript) |
| | uniE872.ss07 csymAugmentedSmall Augmented (subscript or superscript) |
| uniE873.ss07 csymMajorSeventhSmall Major seventh (subscript or superscript) |
| | uniE874.ss07 csymMinorSmall Minor (subscript or superscript) |
Implementation notes
These symbols are designed to combine with accidental symbols (accidentalSharp and accidentalFlat) from the music font and the letters A–G (for root and bass alterations), lower case letters (for chord qualities, e.g. “maj” and “min”) and numbers (for chord extensions or tensions) from any standard text font to produce complete chord symbols.
Scoring applications should be able to create strings with complex formatting, e.g. superscript and subscript characters, small digits stacked on top of each other, and scale these symbols to any arbitrary size in order to produce satisfactory chord symbols with a wide variety of visual appearances.