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Music Notes symbol

Type :music_notes: · Tech & keys

What ♫ is for

Two beamed eighth notes. Where the single note marks a song, the pair reads as music playing, which is why karaoke subtitles bracket lyrics with it.

How to type ♫

The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With Emoji Anywhere installed you can skip all of them and type :music_notes: in any text field instead, which is the same on every platform.

macOS

No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex Input source and type 266B with Option held.

Windows

No Alt code. In Word, type 266B then press Alt + X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.

Shortcodes

:music_notes:

On the web

HTML ♫

Unicode U+266B

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