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{{Music}} renders Western music notation of various types into Wikipedia and improves cross-browser support for music symbols.

Accidentals

The template correctly renders Unicode sharps (♯), flats (♭), and natural signs (♮) in Internet Explorer which would otherwise display empty squares unless a full Unicode font is chosen in its Preferences. The choice of fonts also improves the rendering in other browsers on Microsoft Windows such as Mozilla Firefox. See the tables below to compare the results in your current browser. The template makes use of SVG to display double flat (), double sharp (), and microtonal signs since the corresponding Unicode characters are not widely supported.

Symbol	Unicode entity	Unicode result	Template text	Template result
Flat	♭	♭	{{music|flat}} or {{music|b}} or {{music|♭}}	♭
Natural	♮	♮	{{music|natural}} or {{music|♮}}	♮
Sharp	♯	♯	{{music|sharp}} or {{music|#}} or {{music|♯}}	♯
Double flat	𝄫	𝄫	{{music|doubleflat}} or {{music|bb}} or {{music|𝄫}}
Double sharp	𝄪	𝄪	{{music|doublesharp}} or {{music|##}} or {{music|x}} or {{music|𝄪}}
Triple flat			{{music|tripleflat}} or {{music|bbb}}
Triple sharp			{{music|triplesharp}} or {{music|#x}}	♯
Half flat	𝄳	𝄳	{{music|halfflat}} or {{music|d}}
Half sharp	𝄲	𝄲	{{music|halfsharp}} or {{music|t}}
Flat stroke	𝄳	𝄳	{{music|flatstroke}}
Double flat stroke			{{music|doubleflatstroke}}
Three quarter flat			{{music|threequarterflat}} or {{music|db}}
Three quarter sharp			{{music|threequartersharp}} or {{music|#t}}
Septimal quarter tone (-)			{{music|7}} or {{music|septimalquartertone-}}
Septimal quarter tone (+)			{{music|L}} or {{music|septimalquartertone+}}
Eleventh partial (-)			{{music|down}} or {{music|Down}}	↓
Eleventh partial [difference between 11:8 & 4:3] (+)			{{music|up}} or {{music|Up}}	↑
Thirteenth partial (-)			{{music|13upsidedown}} or {{music|thirteenupsidedown}}
Thirteenth partial [difference between 13:8 & 8:5] (+)			{{music|13}} or {{music|thirteen}}

Sample text

The C♯ crops up very early in Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E♭.

Notes and rests

Symbol	Unicode entity	Unicode result	Template text	Template result
Whole note	𝅝	𝅝	{{music|wholenote}} or {{music|whole}} or {{music|semibreve}}
Half note	𝅗𝅥	𝅗𝅥	{{music|halfnote}} or {{music|half}} or {{music|minim}}
Quarter note	𝅘𝅥	𝅘𝅥	{{music|quarternote}} or {{music|quarter}} or {{music|crotchet}}
Eighth note	𝅘𝅥𝅮	𝅘𝅥𝅮	{{music|eighthnote}} or {{music|eighth}} or {{music|quaver}}
Beamed eighth notes			{{music|eighthnotebeam}} or {{music|eighthbeam}} or {{music|quaverbeam}}
Sixteenth note	𝅘𝅥𝅯	𝅘𝅥𝅯	{{music|sixteenthnote}} or {{music|sixteenth}} or {{music|semiquaver}}
Beamed sixteenth notes			{{music|sixteenthnotebeam}} or {{music|sixteenthbeam}} or {{music|semiquaverbeam}}
Thirty- second note			{{music|thirty-secondnote}} or {{music|thirty-second}} or {{music|demisemiquaver}}
Dot	.	.	{{music|dot}}	.
Dotted quarter note	𝅘𝅥𝅯.	𝅘𝅥𝅯.	{{music|dottedquarter}} or {{music|dottedcrotchet}}	.
Dotted half note	𝅗𝅥.	𝅗𝅥.	{{music|dottedhalf}} or {{music|dottedminim}}	.
Whole rest	𝄻	𝄻	{{music|wholerest}} or {{music|semibreverest}}
Half rest	𝄼	𝄼	{{music|halfrest}} or {{music|minimrest}}
Quarter rest	𝄽	𝄽	{{music|quarterrest}} or {{music|crotchetrest}}
Eighth rest	𝄾	𝄾	{{music|eighthrest}} or {{music|quaverrest}}
Sixteenth rest	𝄿	𝄿	{{music|sixteenthrest}} or {{music|semiquaverrest}}
Thirty- second rest			{{music|thirtysecondrest}} or {{music|demisemiquaverrest}}

Some browsers and typefaces support ♩ (♩) and ♪ (♪) for quarter and eighth notes, as well as ♫ (♫) and ♬ (♬) for beamed eighth-note and sixteenth-note pairs respectively, but since the display of these characters does not match any of the other (non-supported) notes and rests, this template does not use these characters.

Sample text

In place of the single whole note (), Chopin writes , completely changing the profile of the music.

Clefs

Symbol	Template text	Template result
Treble clef or G-clef	{{music|treble}} or {{music|trebleclef}} or {{music|gclef}}
Alto clef	{{music|alto}} or {{music|altoclef}}
Tenor clef	{{music|tenor}} or {{music|tenorclef}}
C-clef	{{music|cclef}}
Bass clef or F-clef	{{music|bass}} or {{music|bassclef}} or {{music|fclef}}
Neutral clef	{{music|neutral}} or {{music|neutralclef}}	||

Note that there is no graphical distinction between treble clef and G-clef; alto clef, tenor clef and C-clef; bass clef and F-clef. The names preserve a difference in meaning and make the caption text (for screen readers) different.

Time signatures

Symbol	Template text	Template result
common-time	{{music|common-time}}
cut-time	{{music|cut-time}} or {{music|alla-breve}}
2/4	{{music|time|2|4}}	24
3/4	{{music|time|3|4}}	34
6/8	{{music|time|6|8}}	68
9/8	{{music|time|9|8}}	98
12/8	{{music|time|12|8}}	128

For a general time signature, use {{music|time|<top number>|<bottom number>}}. This makes use of Template:Time signature, which should not be used on its own.

Scale degrees

Scale degrees are often represented as Arabic numerals with a hat on them and thus the root of a scale is .

Scale degree	Template text	Template result
1	{{music|scale|1}}
2	{{music|scale|2}}
3	{{music|scale|3}}
4	{{music|scale|4}}
5	{{music|scale|5}}
6	{{music|scale|6}}
7	{{music|scale|7}}
8	{{music|scale|8}}
9	{{music|scale|9}}

Sample text

A descending tetrachord could be written as ---.

Chord symbols

Chord	Template text	Template result
Diminished	{{music|dim}} or {{music|dimdeg}}	o or °
Half-diminished	{{music|halfdim}} or {{music|dimslash}}	ø
Augmented	{{music|+}} or {{music|aug}}	+
Major	{{music|delta}} or {{music|major}}	Δ

Sample text

vii^o becomes vii^ø in B♭ minor by raising the G♭ to G♮.

III becomes III⁺ in G♯ minor by raising the F♯ to F.

The F♯Δ⁷ is used to great effect in the last measure of the piece.

Key signatures

Key signatures must be typed in using the names of the articles themselves on keys. Note that there is no visual difference between the major and minor key signatures, but the alt text is different.

Sharps/Flats	Key signature (major)	Template text	Template result	Key signature (minor)	Template text	Template result
7♯	C♯ major	{{music|c-sharp major}}		A♯ minor	{{music|a-sharp minor}}
6♯	F♯ major	{{music|f-sharp major}}		D♯ minor	{{music|d-sharp minor}}
5♯	B major	{{music|b major}}		G♯ minor	{{music|g-sharp minor}}
4♯	E major	{{music|e major}}		C♯ minor	{{music|c-sharp minor}}
3♯	A major	{{music|a major}}		F♯ minor	{{music|f-sharp minor}}
2♯	D major	{{music|d major}}		B minor	{{music|b minor}}
1♯	G major	{{music|g major}}		E minor	{{music|e minor}}
0	C major	{{music|c major}}		A minor	{{music|a minor}}
1♭	F major	{{music|f major}}		D minor	{{music|d minor}}
2♭	B♭ major	{{music|b-flat major}}		G minor	{{music|g minor}}
3♭	E♭ major	{{music|e-flat major}}		C minor	{{music|c minor}}
4♭	A♭ major	{{music|a-flat major}}		F minor	{{music|f minor}}
5♭	D♭ major	{{music|d-flat major}}		B♭ minor	{{music|b-flat minor}}
6♭	G♭ major	{{music|g-flat major}}		E♭ minor	{{music|e-flat minor}}
7♭	C♭ major	{{music|c-flat major}}		A♭ minor	{{music|a-flat minor}}