About Music Note Symbols
What is this page?
Music notation characters you can paste as plain text: single notes like ♪, beamed notes like ♫, and the accidentals ♭ (flat), ♮ (natural), and ♯ (sharp). Whether you are captioning a song lyric, writing about music theory, or just decorating a playlist name, these are real Unicode characters that work wherever text does.
How to Use It
- Click a note. It is copied and added to the text pad instantly.
- String a melody line. Combine notes in the pad, like ♪♫♪, and copy them together.
- Paste anywhere. Social captions, documents, chat messages, and video titles all accept them.
Use Cases
- Song lyric captions and quotes: ♪ your lyric here ♪
- Playlist names and music channel branding
- Writing about keys and notes correctly: B♭, F♯, C♮
- Concert announcements and music teacher handouts
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I type a music note?
On Windows with a number pad, Alt + 13 gives ♪ and Alt + 14 gives ♫. Everywhere else, including Macs and phones, there is no standard shortcut, so copying from this page is the quickest way.
What is the difference between ♪ and ♫?
♪ is a single eighth note and ♫ is a pair of beamed eighth notes. In casual use they are interchangeable decoration, and the convention of wrapping sung text in them, like ♪ lyrics ♪, signals that the words are being sung.
What do ♭, ♮, and ♯ mean?
They are accidentals from sheet music: ♭ lowers a note a semitone (B♭), ♯ raises it (F♯), and ♮ cancels a previous flat or sharp. If you write about music, using the real characters instead of the letter b and the hash sign # makes chord names and keys unambiguous.
Should I use ♯ or # for sharp notes?
The hash # is the everyday stand-in and everyone understands C#, but the true sharp sign ♯ is the typographically correct choice and avoids confusion with hashtags and programming language names. In social posts, # also risks turning your chord into a hashtag link.
Why do some notes show as empty boxes?
The basic notes ♪ and ♫ render almost everywhere, but a few of the rarer notation characters depend on the fonts installed on the reader's device. If a symbol shows as a box, the device lacks a font containing it; stick to the common notes for the widest reach.