For a list of all Greek characters encoded in Unicode, see Greek script in Unicode.
For others forms of musical notation encoded in Unicode, see Musical Symbols (Unicode block), Byzantine Musical Symbols (Unicode block), and Znamenny Musical Notation (Unicode block).
Unicode character block
Ancient Greek Musical Notation
Range
U+1D200..U+1D24F (80 code points)
Plane
SMP
Scripts
Greek
Symbol sets
Ancient Greek music notation
Assigned
70 code points
Unused
10 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.1 (2005)
70 (+70)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
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Ancient Greek Musical Notation is a Unicode block containing symbols representing musical notations used in ancient Greece.
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