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I cannot find the musical symbol for semi-flat. This is a reversed flat symbol. Where can I find this symbol?

Jasper Habicht
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polytrope
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    Welcome. // You can find it here: https://www.google.com/search?q=semi-flat+symbol . // Sorry, that's the kind of answers you'll get here at best with little to no specifics. It's always a good idea to include relevant code in your question. – MS-SPO Aug 08 '23 at 18:44
  • Also, see: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/16712/47927 – Jasper Habicht Aug 08 '23 at 19:02

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You can use the lilyglyphs package that gives you access to the Emmentaler font that contains a huge range of musical symbols. Not every symbol has a shorthand command defined by the package, but you can access all glyphs using the \lilyGlyph command. Check the list of available glyphs and their names in the online Lilypond documentation. For this to work, you need to compile with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec, lilyglyphs}

\begin{document}
    \begin{tabular}{ p{2em} l }
        \flat &
            \verb|\flat| \
        \lilyGlyph[scale=1.5]{accidentals.flat} &
            \verb|\lilyGlyph[scale=1.5]{accidentals.flat}| \
        \flatflat &
            \verb|\flatflat| \

        \lilyGlyph[scale=1.5]{accidentals.flatflat} &
            \verb|\lilyGlyph[scale=1.5]{accidentals.flatflat}| \
        \lilyGlyph[scale=1.5]{accidentals.mirroredflat} &
            \verb|\lilyGlyph[scale=1.5]{accidentals.mirroredflat}| \
        \lilyGlyph[scale=1.5]{accidentals.mirroredflat.flat} &
            \verb|\lilyGlyph[scale=1.5]{accidentals.mirroredflat.flat}| \
    \end{tabular}
\end{document}

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Jasper Habicht
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  • It may be either my eyes or the browser I'm using (FireFox), but the scale=1.5 doesn't seem to be taking effect. – barbara beeton Aug 30 '23 at 16:18
  • @barbarabeeton I do see a difference: Without scale=1.5, I get smaller glyphs. – Jasper Habicht Sep 03 '23 at 15:37
  • Okay, thanks. I'm willing to believe my laptop is playing tricks on me -- it is known to be sick in other respects. But changing the scale factor to something much larger definitely works. Just wanted to check. – barbara beeton Sep 03 '23 at 19:59
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You can make your own using \reflectbox from the graphicx package.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\newcommand{\semiflat}{\reflectbox{$\flat$}}


\begin{document}


$\flat\semiflat\flat$


\end{document}

An alternate notation has a flat sign with a slash:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\newcommand{\semiflat}{\reflectbox{$\flat$}}
\newcommand{\varsemiflat}{\raisebox{.9ex}{\rotatebox{45}{\rule{1ex}{.25pt}}}\hspace{-.22em}\flat}


\begin{document}


$\flat\varsemiflat\flat$


\end{document}
Sandy G
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