The Finale Percussion font includes icons to represent a wide variety of percussion instruments, mallets, techniques, and unique notations. These pictograms, developed in 1974 by a conference of more than eighty musicians representing seventeen countries, are favored by publishers like Southern, TRN, and others because they allow for immediate recognition across language barriers. Some pictograms, such as castanets, vibraslap, and cannon, are unique to the Finale Percussion font, and in some cases alternate versions are provided.
Characters marked with a dagger (†) "dovetail" when they are repeated; for example, repeating the character 
(SHIFT + 9) results in a continuous 
.
| Keystroke | Character | Description | With SHIFT | Character | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
swing down (handbells) | ! |
|
gyro (handbells), scrape around rim |
| 2 |
|
swing up (handbells) | @ |
|
pluck lift (handbells) |
| 3 |
|
damp (handbells) | # |
|
damp, alternate (handbells) |
| 4 |
|
martellato (handbells) | $ |
|
swing (handbells) |
| 5 |
|
muted martellato (handbells) | % |
|
table single handbell |
| 6 |
|
hand martellato (handbells) | ^ | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
martellato lift (handbells) | & |
|
table pair of handbells |
| 8 |
|
mallet, bell on table (handbells) | * | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
mallet lift (handbells) | ( |
|
constant circular motion segment† |
| 0 |
|
echo (handbells) | ) |
|
constant circular motion segment (large)† |
| ; |
|
hand | : |
|
fingernail |
| a |
|
bass drum, soft mallet | A |
|
tam-tam |
| b |
|
guiro scraper | B |
|
cowbell |
| c |
|
metal hammer | C |
|
guiro |
| d |
|
bass drum, hard mallet | D |
|
cabasa |
| e |
|
timpani, hard mallet | E |
|
tenor drum |
| f |
|
bass drum, double mallet | F |
|
maracas |
| g |
|
snare sticks | G |
|
glockenspiel |
| h |
|
jazz sticks (plastic tip snare sticks) | H |
|
vibraphone |
| i |
|
hard sticks (wood or plastic heads) or xylophone, wood mallet | I |
|
bass drum (on side) |
| j |
|
brass mallet | J |
|
xylophone |
| k |
|
rawhide hammer | K |
|
marimba |
| l |
|
triangle beater | L |
|
pitched mallet instrument |
| m |
|
bow | M |
|
board clapper (whip or slapstick) |
| n |
|
spoon-shaped wooden mallet | N |
|
sizzle cymbal |
| o |
|
yarn, soft beater | O |
|
tambourine |
| p |
|
yarn, medium beater | P |
|
timpani |
| q |
|
timpani, soft mallet | Q |
|
snare drum (snares off) |
| r |
|
timpani, wood mallet | R |
|
field drum (or military drum) with snares on |
| s |
|
bass drum, medium mallet (or chimes mallet) | S |
|
wood block |
| t |
|
xylophone, soft mallet | T |
|
crash cymbals |
| u |
|
xylophone, hard mallet | U |
|
bass drum |
| v |
|
wire brushes | V |
|
hi-hat |
| w |
|
timpani, medium mallet | W |
|
snare drum |
| x |
|
rim shot | X |
|
sleigh bells |
| y |
|
xylophone, medium mallet | Y |
|
triangle |
| z |
|
knitting needle | Z |
|
claves |
| [ |
|
yarn, hard beater | { | N/A | N/A |
| ] |
|
finger | } | N/A | N/A |
| \ |
|
fist | | | N/A | N/A |
| = |
|
+ |
|
mallet bell suspended (handbells), rim shot | |
| - |
|
_ |
|
drumstick (for cymbal strike location) | |
| , |
|
at center (Ghent) | < |
|
at center |
| . |
|
right hand (Agostini) | > |
|
at normal position |
| / |
|
at rim (Ghent) | ? |
|
at rim |
| ` |
|
flexatone | ~ | N/A | N/A |
| Press ALT while typing… | Character | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0129 |
|
temple blocks |
| 0130 |
|
suspended cymbal |
| 0140 |
|
wind chimes |
| 0141 |
|
anvil |
| 0160 |
|
gunshot |
| 0162 |
|
wide sawtooth line segment† |
| 0163 |
|
wide wavy line segment† |
| 0164 |
|
narrow wavy line segment† |
| 0165 |
|
quasi-random squiggle† |
| 0166 |
|
quasi-random squiggle, alternate† |
| 0167 |
|
bell |
| 0168 |
|
bongo |
| 0169 |
|
siren |
| 0170 |
|
sawtooth line segment† |
| 0171 |
|
crotales |
| 0172 |
|
police whistle |
| 0174 |
|
bird whistle |
| 0175 |
|
brake drum |
| 0180 |
|
almglocken |
| 0187 |
|
Vietnamese hat cymbal |
| 0188 |
|
finger cymbals |
| 0190 |
|
chimes |
| 0191 |
|
gong |
| 0192 |
|
wind whistle (or mouth siren) |
| 0193 |
|
wavy line segment† |
| 0194 |
|
ratchet |
| 0196 |
|
slide whistle |
| 0199 |
|
slit drum |
| 0201 |
|
sistrum |
| 0206 |
|
thunder sheet |
| 0207 |
|
timbales |
| 0208 |
|
constant circular motion (flipped)† |
| 0209 |
|
constant circular motion (flipped, large)† |
| 0210 |
|
bell plate |
| 0211 |
|
cymbal tongs |
| 0212 |
|
hammer |
| 0213 |
|
duck call |
| 0214 |
|
hi-hat cymbals on stand |
| 0227 |
|
lion's roar |
| 0228 |
|
car horn |
| 0229 |
|
tubular bells |
| 0231 |
|
castanets |
| 0234 |
|
sandpaper blocks |
| 0235 |
|
maracas |
| 0236 |
|
goblet drum (djembe, doumbek) |
| 0238 |
|
cannon |
| 0239 |
|
log drum |
| 0241 |
|
wind machine |
| 0242 |
|
vibraslap |
| 0246 |
|
conga |
| 0247 |
|
gong with button (nipple) |
| 0248 |
|
klaxon horn |
| 0252 |
|
tom-tom |
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