U+1D120 Musical Symbol G Clef Ottava Bassa
U+1D120 was added in Unicode version 3.1 in 2001. It belongs to the block
This character is a Other Symbol and is commonly used, that is, in no specific script.
The glyph is not a composition. It has no designated width in East Asian texts. In bidirectional text it is written from left to right. When changing direction it is not mirrored. The word that U+1D120 forms with similar adjacent characters prevents a line break inside it.
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
A clef (from French: clef 'key') is a musical symbol used to indicate which notes are represented by the lines and spaces on a musical staff. Placing a clef on a staff assigns a particular pitch to one of the five lines or four spaces, which defines the pitches on the remaining lines and spaces.
The three clef symbols used in modern music notation are the G-clef, F-clef, and C-clef. Placing these clefs on a line fixes a reference note to that lineβan F-clef fixes the F below middle C, a C-clef fixes middle C, and a G-clef fixes the G above middle C. In modern music notation, the G-clef is most frequently seen as treble clef (placing G4 on the second line of the staff), and the F-clef as bass clef (placing F3 on the fourth line). The C-clef is mostly encountered as alto clef (placing middle C on the third line) or tenor clef (middle C on the fourth line). A clef may be placed on a space instead of a line, but this is rare.
The use of different clefs makes it possible to write music for all instruments and voices, regardless of differences in range. Using different clefs for different instruments and voices allows each part to be written comfortably on a staff with a minimum of ledger lines. To this end, the G-clef is used for high parts, the C-clef for middle parts, and the F-clef for low parts. Transposing instruments can be an exception to thisβthe same clef is generally used for all instruments in a family, regardless of their sounding pitch. For example, even the low saxophones read in treble clef.
A symmetry exists surrounding middle C regarding the F-, C- and G-clefs. C-clef defines middle C whereas G-clef and F-clef define the note at the interval of a fifth above middle C and below middle C, respectively.
Two common mnemonics for learning the clef lines are:
- Good Boys Do Fine Always (bass clef)
- Every Good Boy Does Fine (treble clef)
The common mnemonic for learning the bass clef spaces is:
- All Cows Eat Grass
Representations
System | Representation |
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NΒΊ | 119072 |
UTF-8 | F0 9D 84 A0 |
UTF-16 | D8 34 DD 20 |
UTF-32 | 00 01 D1 20 |
URL-Quoted | %F0%9D%84%A0 |
HTML hex reference | 𝄠 |
Wrong windows-1252 Mojibake | Γ°ΒβΒ |
Encoding: GB18030 (hex bytes) | 94 32 BE 36 |
Elsewhere
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