If you are listening to music while you’re on Facebook, you can use these music note symbols in your status updates when you post the name of the song or artist you’re listening to. You can also use music note symbols in Facebook chat or anywhere that you can type text.

Alt codes don’t work for all of the music notes shown below, but you can use any of them by copying and pasting the symbol from this article into your status update or chat box. As you can see, there are several musical notes and symbols that you can use.

Music Symbols for Facebook

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Quarter Note Symbol

This is the symbol for a quarter note, and it is probably the most frequently used note symbol on Facebook. You can also use it on Twitter or anywhere else you can paste text.

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Eighth Note Symbol

The eighth note looks like a quarter note with a flag on top. This is a great symbol to use if you like a fancier look.

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Eighth Notes Symbol

Two eighth notes that occur next to each other in music are illustrated by two notes joined with a bar on top.

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Sixteenth Notes Symbol

When you have two sixteenth notes together, the symbol has an extra bar.

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Flat Symbol

The flat symbol tells a musician to play the note a half-step lower, but for your Facebook updates you can use it to tell people you have a ‘flat’ tire.

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Natural Symbol

You could use the natural symbol anywhere you would use the word ‘natural.’ In music, it means to play the natural version of the note rather than playing it flat or sharp.

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Sharp Symbol

Now you can tell your chat buddies to be ‘sharp.’ This symbol tells the musician to play the note a half-step higher.

Now you know how to display all of the most common musical symbols in your Facebook status message or chat. If you know of any others, tell us about them in the comments.