Music Emojis: Every Sound and Musical EmojiEmoji
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Music is universal, and so are music emojis. Whether you are posting about your favorite artist, sharing a playlist, talking about a live concert experience, or simply humming along to a tune, there is an emoji for that musical moment.
This complete guide covers every music-related emoji in UnicodeUnicode
Universal character encoding standard that assigns a unique number to every character across all writing systems and symbol sets, including emoji. — instruments, notes, performers, venues, and audio equipment — organized by category.
Musical Note Emojis
🎵 Musical Note — A single eighth note. The go-to emoji for indicating music, songs, or singing. Often added at the end of a lyric quote or caption for a music video.
🎶 Musical Notes — Two eighth notes connected by a beam. More emphatic than the single note, suggesting an extended musical passage. "This song has been in my head all day 🎶"
♩ Quarter Note — A simpler note symbol used in music typography, less common in casual messaging.
♪ Eighth Note — A single eighth note (text version). Used in decorative contexts.
♫ Beamed Eighth Notes — Two connected notes (text version). Classic sheet music aesthetic.
🎼 Musical Score — A sheet of music notation. Composition, classical music, and music theory contexts.
String Instruments
🎸 Guitar — The electric guitar emoji. Rock music, guitar solos, and learning to play. One of the most culturally significant instrument emojis. "Air guitar time 🎸"
🎻 Violin — The violin, viola, and orchestral strings. Classical music, elegance, and "playing the world's smallest violin" sarcasm meme.
🪕 Banjo — Country, bluegrass, and folk music. Added in 2019 and embraced by Americana music fans.
🪗 Accordion — French café music, polka, folk traditions, and the distinctive squeezebox sound.
🎷 Saxophone — Jazz, blues, and smooth grooves. The saxophone emoji is practically synonymous with jazz culture.
🎺 Trumpet — Jazz, classical, marching band, and fanfare. "Sound the trumpets 🎺" for announcements and achievements.
Percussion and Keyboard Instruments
🥁 Drum — Drums and percussion. Rock bands, drum solos, and the rhythm section. Also used for the "drum roll please 🥁" anticipation moment.
🪘 Long Drum — A tall ceremonial or African-style drum. Added in 2020 to represent musical traditions beyond Western pop.
🎹 Musical Keyboard — Piano and keyboard instruments. Classical piano, electronic keyboards, and music production.
🪗 Accordion — Squeeze box sounds and European folk traditions.
Wind and Brass Instruments
🎺 Trumpet — Brass fanfare and jazz.
🎷 Saxophone — The coolest horn.
🪈 Flute — The flute emoji was added in 2023, filling a gap for woodwind representation. Classical music, folk traditions, and orchestral contexts.
📯 Postal Horn — An old-fashioned horn used for postal announcements. Used for announcements and fanfare more broadly.
Performance and Stage
🎤 Microphone — Performing, speaking, singing, or "dropping the mic." The 🎤 is one of the most versatile music emojis, used for everything from karaoke nights to podcast recording.
🎙️ Studio Microphone — A professional condenser microphone. Podcasting, recording studios, and broadcast journalism.
🎧 Headphones — Listening to music, audio production, DJing, and personal audio. One of the most used music emojis in everyday communication about music discovery. "New playlist mode: on 🎧"
🎚️ Level Slider — An audio mixing fader. Studio production, sound engineering, and music production content.
🎛️ Control Knobs — Three audio control knobs. DJ equipment, mixing boards, and production gear.
📻 Radio — AM/FM radio, vintage audio, and broadcast media.
🔊 Speaker High Volume — Loud music, playing a song at full blast.
🔉 Speaker Medium Volume — Background music or moderate volume.
🔈 Speaker Low Volume — Quiet music or audio.
🔇 Speaker with Cancellation Stroke — Muted, silence.
📢 Loudspeaker — Announcements and amplified sound.
📣 Megaphone — Shouting, rallying, and crowd engagement.
Performers and Artists
🧑🎤 Singer — A rock star or pop star persona. Sunglasses and a star-shaped microphone. Great for expressing your inner rock star.
🎤 Microphone — Doubles as a performer when held.
🎻 Violinist — In context, suggests a classical performer.
👨🎤 Man Singer — Male singer with rocker aesthetic.
👩🎤 Woman Singer — Female singer with rocker aesthetic.
💃 Woman Dancing — Dancing to music, Latin dance, and celebratory movement.
🕺 Man Dancing — Disco dancing and expressive movement.
Venues and Events
🎪 Circus Tent — Used for festivals, outdoor concerts, and big events.
🎭 Performing Arts — Theater, drama, and the performing arts broadly. The comedy/tragedy masks.
🏟️ Stadium — Concert stadiums and arena shows.
🎟️ Admission Tickets — Event tickets, concerts, and shows.
🎫 Ticket — A single event ticket. "Just got tickets! 🎫"
Music Genres and Culture
🎵🎸 — Rock music combination
🎷🎺🎻 — Jazz ensemble
🎹🎵 — Classical or piano music
🥁🎸🎺 — Band setup
🎧💿 — DJ culture
🎤✨ — Pop star moment
Music Technology and Media
💿 Optical Disk (CD) — CDs, music albums, and physical media. Nostalgic references to buying albums at the record store.
📀 DVD — Used for DVDs but also for music DVDs and concert films.
📼 Videocassette — VHS tapes. Nostalgic mixtape and music video culture.
📻 Radio — Radio stations and radio culture.
🔋 Battery — "My wireless headphones need charging 🔋" — very relatable music content.
🎶📱 — Music on your phone.
Music-Adjacent Emojis
These emojis appear frequently in music contexts even though they are not exclusively musical:
✨ Sparkles — Added to music posts for magic and atmosphere.
🔥 Fire — "That beat is fire 🔥"
💯 Hundred Points — Perfect music takes. "This album is 💯"
👑 Crown — A king or queen of music. "The queen of pop 👑"
🏆 Trophy — Grammy wins, chart-topping albums.
❤️ Red Heart — Love for a song or artist.
😭 Loudly Crying — When a song is so good it makes you emotional.
🙌 Raising Hands — Musical praise and appreciation.
Karaoke and Fun
🎤🎶 — Karaoke night! Pair the microphone and notes for the universal karaoke signal.
🎵🎤🥂 — Party music moment.
🎊🎤 — Concert celebration.
How Music Emojis Are Used
Concert posts: 🎤🎟️🏟️ — Before and after concert posts flood social media with these combinations.
Lyric sharing: People add 🎵 or 🎶 before or after sharing song lyrics to signal that the text is from a song.
Now playing: "Currently listening: [artist name] 🎧🎵"
Music production: Producers and beatmakers use 🎚️🎛️🎹 to signal studio time.
Recommending music: "You NEED to hear this album 👇🎧"
Genre identity: Rock fans 🎸, jazz fans 🎷, classical fans 🎻, hip-hop fans 🎤 all have their emoji signatures.
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