Musical ๐…˜๐…ฅ๐…ฎย  notes ๐…˜๐…ฅ๐…ฐย  in Word, Excel and more

Typeย musical notes from breve ๐…œย (double whole note) to the semihemidemisemiquaver ๐…˜๐…ฅ๐…ฒย  (128thย note) in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook etc.

Itโ€™s possible to type musical notes and other notation in Word documents.  Full musical scoring isnโ€™t practical (thereโ€™s other software). 

How musical notes look in different fonts.

Most fonts donโ€™t include musical notes. The only common Office font that can help is Segoe UI Symbol. 

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There are specialist musical notation fonts such as Bravura (OpenType download) which has sans-serif versions of the notes.ย 

Musical note symbol codes

These are the important code numbers or values youโ€™ll need to enter the three symbols.  Use the Alt + X shortcut in Word for Windows, for example type 1d160 then Alt + X to type ๐…˜๐…ฅ๐…ฎ 

Breve

(double whole note) ๐…œ 1d15c 

Whole Note

(semibreve) ๐… 1d15d 

Half note

(minim) ๐…—๐…ฅ 1d15e 

Quarter note

(crotchet) ๐…˜๐…ฅ 1d15f 

Eighth note

(quaver) ๐…˜๐…ฅ๐…ฎ 1d160 

Sixteenth note

(semiquaver) ๐…˜๐…ฅ๐…ฏ 1d161 

Thirty second note

(demisemiquaver) ๐…˜๐…ฅ๐…ฐ 1d162 

Sixth fourth note

(hemidemisemiquaver or semidemisemiquaver) ๐…˜๐…ฅ๐…ฑ 1d163 

One Hundred and Twenty eighth note

(semihemidemisemiquaver  quasihemidemisemiquaver) ๐…˜๐…ฅ๐…ฒ 1d164 

Beamed โ™ซ Musical Notes

There are also symbols for some Beamed โ™ฌ Musical Notes โ™ซ in Word, PowerPoint and More

Quick access for commonly usedย symbols.ย 

If you use a symbol often, a fast way to enter it is AutoCorrect. 

Once in a document you can copy it to AutoCorrect and make your own shortcut. 

Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Insert | Symbols | Symbol should work but doesnโ€™t because, at present, Office for Windows doesnโ€™t support the high-numbered Unicode symbols.โ€ฏWordโ€™s Find canโ€™t find all Unicode symbols and emoji 

Windows Emoji Panel

The current Windows Emoji Panel (Windows 10 and 11) doesnโ€™t support musical note symbols โ€“ ridiculous but sadly true. 

Windows Character Map

Like Office Insert Symbol the Windows Character Map accessory in all Windows releases does NOT support high-end Unicode characters like emoji or musical notes.

MacOS and Office for Mac inserting characters

On a Mac, to enter the Male, Female or combo symbol: 

  • Command + Control + Spacebar shortcut to open the Character Viewer.    
  • Search for โ€œnoteโ€™โ€ and the Viewer should find the symbol you need.  

Despite the name Characterย Viewer, the Apple system tool will also insert characters into any program, including Office for Mac.ย 

Beamed โ™ฌ Musical Notes โ™ซ in Word, PowerPoint and More

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