Two or more musical notes emoji, used to represent music or sound. Emoji
Objects
A cluster of three floating musical notes, typically shown as two eighth notes and a sixteenth note. It serves as a universal shorthand for singing, melodies, and rhythmic audio.
Usage Context
Used to signal that a person is listening to a song, feeling upbeat, or attending a live performance. It often appears in social media bios to highlight musical interests or alongside 🎤 to indicate karaoke or vocal recording.
History
These notes became a staple of early digital expression long before modern smartphones, appearing in 1990s Japanese mobile phone character sets to help users convey the 'vibe' of a message when audio couldn't be played directly. It was officially standardized in Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Details
Glyph
🎶
Unicode
U+1F3B6
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f3b6:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Objects
Subcategory music
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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