: What's this notation symbol? I recenyly encountered a symbol in a Violoncello score which I was not able to identify. It is shown in the image below after the p (piano). I looked for it in the Musescore documentation and

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As someone else has already said, this symbol indicates that the player should play at the heel or frog of the bow.

These images are from an edition of Bach's 6 Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (BWV 1001-1006) and exactly match the symbol in your score.

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The symbol might resemble the frog/heel/nut of the bow, indicating to the player that the bow is placed on the string very near the frog of the bow. The player might up-bow from very near the frog to the frog itself. Some terms for this are Frosch(Ger.), au talon(Fr.), and hausse(Fr.). Here is another example of nouveaux bow placement markings for frog and tip:

www.revista-art.com/bow-placement-on-the-double-bass-a-notational-proposal-of-bow-regions-and-string-contact-points

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I suspect this is simply a font error. Information on the source would enable a more informed opinion. Is it a modern edition that we could assume to have been computer-produced?