Musical Symbol Combining Staccato
Part of Music Notation Symbols
Musical Symbol Combining Staccato has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- 𝅼
- Unicode
- U+1D17C
About this symbol
The staccato dot over or under a note means play it short and detached from the next one. Its opposite in spirit is the tenuto line, which asks for the note to be held for its full length.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- MUSICAL SYMBOL COMBINING STACCATO
- Type
- Combining mark
- Unicode block
- Musical Symbols
- Unicode group
- Articulation
- Added in
- Unicode 3.1 (2001)
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