Beamed Eighth Notes

A symbol from the Music Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

Symbol: ♫
Unicode: U+266B
HTML entity: ♫
Category: Music Symbols

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3 of 42 in the music symbols collection

About the beamed eighth notes symbol

Beamed Eighth Notes is a musical symbol representing two consecutive eighth notes connected by a horizontal or slanted bar. Known colloquially as a double quaver, this character indicates a rhythmic grouping where each note typically lasts for half of one beat in common time signatures. Part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block, it serves as a simplified typographic representation of standard musical notation within plain text environments.

Frequent usage occurs in social media bios, captions, and digital messaging to denote that a user is currently listening to a song or to signify a melodic tone in text. Beyond personal communication, this symbol is often placed in video subtitles or closed captioning to alert viewers that background music is playing or that a character is singing. It also appears in titles for digital playlists and on signage for concert venues or music stores to provide a quick visual cue for auditory content.

How to type Beamed Eighth Notes

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options

In Word / Outlook: type 266B then press Alt + X.
Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.

macOS

2 options

Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 266B.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.