Timeline for Where did the symbols ♭ and ♯ originate from, and why those?
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| Aug 30, 2022 at 21:50 | comment | added | phoog | Why is the 1960s coinage the "proper" name for a symbol that was in standard use (meaning variously "pound" and "number," ignoring the musical sharp symbol) at least a hundred years earlier? | |
| Apr 11, 2017 at 8:42 | comment | added | Some_Guy | @Tim you can copy them from google from searching "flat sign" or "sharp sign", as long as you're working in a browser/operating system with unicode support (and it appears you are since you can see them). The alt codes for flat, natural and sharp are 9837 9838 and 9839, look at this answer here for how to use them superuser.com/a/1024956/446573 | |
| Apr 10, 2017 at 19:04 | comment | added | Alphonso Balvenie | in windows there is a built in program called Character Map which lets you see and copy various ascii symbols. | |
| Apr 10, 2017 at 18:16 | comment | added | Kevin Reid | Depends on your computer. I have a Mac, so I open Edit → Emoji & Symbols and type "flat" or "sharp" into the search box. There's also usually some way to type in a numeric code (Unicode or otherwise) for any character if you feel up to memorizing such codes. Wikipedia often mentions the Unicode numbers for particular characters, e.g. sharp. | |
| S Apr 10, 2017 at 18:11 | history | suggested | Kevin Reid | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
use actual symbols instead of ASCII substitutes
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| Apr 10, 2017 at 18:11 | comment | added | Tim | @Kevin reid - tell us how to make those signs - PLEASE! | |
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| Jul 24, 2016 at 23:23 | answer | added | user1803551 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 16:07 | answer | added | user19146 | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 15:58 | history | edited | Dom♦ |
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| Jul 23, 2016 at 15:37 | history | edited | Dom♦ |
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| Jul 23, 2016 at 15:07 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMusic/status/756868228173955073 | ||
| Jul 23, 2016 at 11:31 | history | asked | Tim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |