Instrument Emojis
10 emojis tagged instrument in the official Unicode CLDR project. Click any emoji for its meaning, copy-paste, and per-platform rendering.
Instrument emojis cover musical instruments — 🎷 saxophone, 🎸 guitar, 🎹 musical keyboard, 🎺 trumpet, 🎻 violin, 🪗 accordion, 🪘 long drum, 🪇 maracas, 🪕 banjo, 🥁 drum, 🎤 microphone, and 🎼 musical score. Recent additions (2020-2023) significantly expanded coverage — accordion, long drum, maracas, and banjo all came in Unicode 14 (2021) and 15 (2023). Use them in music posts, concert recaps, instrument-learning content, and band/orchestra captions. 🎸 guitar is the most-used, followed by 🎹 keyboard and 🥁 drum.
Frequently asked about instrument emojis
Why did so many instruments arrive recently?
Unicode 14 (2021) added 🪗 accordion, 🪘 long drum, and 🪕 banjo after Latin American, Eastern European, and African music communities advocated for broader representation beyond the Western-orchestra default. Unicode 15 (2023) added 🪇 maracas and 🪈 flute, continuing the trend.
Is there an emoji for piano?
🎹 musical keyboard is the closest — a row of black and white keys. It can represent any keyboard instrument (piano, synth, organ). There's no dedicated upright-piano or grand-piano emoji; 🎹 serves all keyboard contexts.
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