Musical Symbol Cut Time
Part of Music Notation Symbols
Musical Symbol Cut Time 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+1D135
About this symbol
Cut time, a C with a vertical line through it, means two minim beats in a bar, the same as 2/2. Italians call it alla breve. Marches are often written in it, so they feel two beats to the bar instead of four.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- MUSICAL SYMBOL CUT TIME
- Type
- Symbol
- Unicode block
- Musical Symbols
- Unicode group
- Time signatures
- Added in
- Unicode 3.1 (2001)
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