Individual notes (U+E1D0–U+E1EF)
| Glyph | Description | Glyph | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| | U+E1D0 (and U+1D15C) noteDoubleWhole Double whole note (breve) |
| U+E1D1 noteDoubleWholeSquare Double whole note (square) |
| | U+E1D2 (and U+1D15D) noteWhole Whole note (semibreve) |
| U+E1D3 (and U+1D15E) noteHalfUp Half note (minim) stem up |
| | U+E1D4 noteHalfDown Half note (minim) stem down |
| U+E1D5 (and U+1D15F) noteQuarterUp Quarter note (crotchet) stem up |
| | U+E1D6 noteQuarterDown Quarter note (crotchet) stem down |
| U+E1D7 (and U+1D160) note8thUp Eighth note (quaver) stem up |
| | U+E1D8 note8thDown Eighth note (quaver) stem down |
| U+E1D9 (and U+1D161) note16thUp 16th note (semiquaver) stem up |
| | U+E1DA note16thDown 16th note (semiquaver) stem down |
| U+E1DB (and U+1D162) note32ndUp 32nd note (demisemiquaver) stem up |
| | U+E1DC note32ndDown 32nd note (demisemiquaver) stem down |
| U+E1DD (and U+1D163) note64thUp 64th note (hemidemisemiquaver) stem up |
| | U+E1DE note64thDown 64th note (hemidemisemiquaver) stem down |
| U+E1DF (and U+1D164) note128thUp 128th note (semihemidemisemiquaver) stem up |
| | U+E1E0 note128thDown 128th note (semihemidemisemiquaver) stem down |
| U+E1E1 note256thUp 256th note (demisemihemidemisemiquaver) stem up |
| | U+E1E2 note256thDown 256th note (demisemihemidemisemiquaver) stem down |
| U+E1E3 note512thUp 512th note (hemidemisemihemidemisemiquaver) stem up |
| | U+E1E4 note512thDown 512th note (hemidemisemihemidemisemiquaver) stem down |
| U+E1E5 note1024thUp 1024th note (semihemidemisemihemidemisemiquaver) stem up |
| | U+E1E6 note1024thDown 1024th note (semihemidemisemihemidemisemiquaver) stem down |
| U+E1E7 (and U+1D16D) augmentationDot Augmentation dot |
Recommended stylistic alternates
| Glyph | Description | Glyph | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| | uniE1D0.salt01 noteDoubleWholeAlt Double whole note (breve), single vertical strokes |
Implementation notes
Precomposed notes in this range may be used for placing notes on a staff. In fonts intended for text-based applications, these characters may be set up as ligatures with the control characters in the Combining staff positions range to allow them to be moved up and down to different positions on a staff (e.g. using characters from the Staves range).
However, scoring applications should draw all notes by combining notehead glyphs — e.g. noteheadBlack for quarter notes (crotchets) and shorter notes, noteheadHalf for half notes (minims) — with stems drawn using primitives.
It is recommended that the characters in this range should have full-length stems, i.e. a minimum length of 3.5 spaces.
Characters suitable for mixing with characters from a regular text font, e.g. as part of a metronome mark, tempo equations, l’istesso tempo marking, etc., are found in the Metronome marks range (where it is recommended that stems should be shortened to provide a more pleasing balance between the note and the surrounding text characters).