Music note tattoo ideas

187 photos and flash · 28% Fine line, 12% Realism · Forearm most common

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Fine line black and grey music note tattoos running along the edge of an ear, including a treble clef, a flat sign and eighth notes.
Music notes along the ear
Black and grey treble clef tattoo with ornate scrollwork and music notes running up the calf.
Treble clef with music notes on a calf
Flash sheet of five black line cat designs, including a seated cat, a kitten on a spiral, a cat with a music staff and a curled cat.
Five cat designs with music notes on a flash sheet
Colour tattoo of a red heart wrapped in curving musical staff lines with black notes and a treble clef, on skin with light freckles.
Heart wrapped in musical staff and notes
Black and grey pencil sketch of a raised hand with a ribbon banner wrapped around the wrist reading Do not open before Christmas, with music notes, shown as a tattoo design on the forearm.
Raised hand with ribbon banner on wrist
Flash sheet of black and white line icons on a pale blue background, including a heart on a skewer, a beer mug, a cat in a box and a galloping horse.
Line icon flash sheet on blue background
Black fine line musical staff tattoos with treble clefs and swirling scrollwork, mirrored across the upper back and shoulder blades of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Musical staff tattoos across upper back
Blue ink and pencil drawing of a gramophone with swirling scrolls, roses and floating music notes, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Gramophone with flowers and music notes
Colour tattoo of an orange owl on a branch with a dark cloud, moon, stars and music notes on a man's upper arm.
Orange owl on a branch on an upper arm
Realism tattoo on the upper arm of a pocket watch with a gold movement, a feather, music staff lines and a compass rose, in black and grey with gold accents.
Pocket watch, feather and compass on upper arm
Traditional flash drawing of a pin-up woman in a red outfit seated in a martini glass above a skull and crossbones, with the words Sailor Beware and musical notes.
Pin-up in a martini glass over a skull
Fine line black tattoo of two music notes and a heart formed from treble and bass clefs, placed behind a person's ear.
Music notes and clef heart behind the ear
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with a money bag, banknotes, diamonds, stars and music notes on the upper arm, shown from three angles.
Skull, money bag and diamonds on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a solid heart on the inner wrist, trailing into dots and musical notes rising up the forearm.
Heart and music notes on a wrist
Black and grey pencil drawing of a swallow in flight, with a treble clef and music notes woven into its wings and body, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Swallow in flight with musical notes
Colourful hummingbird tattoo with pink and orange flowers and music notes on the top of a foot, in a soft, painterly botanical style.
Hummingbird and flowers on the top of a foot
Pencil drawing of a treble clef and musical notes wrapped in ribbon banners, shaded in greyscale, suitable as a tattoo design reference.
Treble clef and music notes on ribbons
Fine line black tattoo of a dandelion whose seeds turn into musical notes across the ribs.
Dandelion seeds becoming music notes on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage microphone with musical staff lines, notes and a treble clef wrapping around the upper arm.
Vintage microphone with music staff
Black and grey back tattoo of a woman in an ornate headdress, surrounded by lotus flowers, peony and cherry blossom, on the upper and middle back.
Woman portrait and lotus back piece
Black and grey dandelion tattoo with drifting musical notes and a small clef on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dandelion and music notes on upper back
Two-panel collage showing a wavy musical staff with notes wrapped around a forearm, and bass and treble clef tattoos on the backs of two hands, each with watercolour-style splashes.
Musical staff and clef tattoos on forearm and hands
Black ink tattoo of a treble clef, music notes on a five-line staff and a curling floral swirl on the upper arm.
Musical staff and swirl on upper arm
Black musical notes, including a bass clef, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised fist held against a red background.
Musical notes on an inner wrist
Three temporary tattoo sheets on a perforated grey surface, showing fine line moon, lightning and music note designs, a food illustration set, and hearts, diamonds and daisies.
Temporary tattoo sheets with food and doodle designs
Small black music note tattoo on the inner wrist of a woman with long blonde hair, in a fine line style on the forearm.
Music note tattoo on the inner wrist
Close photo of a small solid black musical eighth note tattoo on the side of an extended finger, with a ring on a neighbouring finger.
Musical note tattoo on a finger
Black fine line tattoo of a heart formed from a continuous line with music notes and a treble clef, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Heart of music notes and treble clef on the wrist
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of a heart formed by a treble clef and two dots, on the inner wrist of a hand with blue painted nails.
Heart and treble clef on inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage microphone, electric guitar neck and bass clef on the inner forearm, with ink splatter behind.
Microphone, guitar and clef on a forearm
Black line drawing on a white background of a heartbeat trace that turns into a treble clef and two musical notes, a fine line flash design.
Heartbeat line with treble clef and music notes
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a red rose with green leaves and a black musical clef with dots, placed on the upper back.
Red rose and music clef on upper back
Black and grey realism half sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder showing banknotes, a roulette wheel, musical staves, a rose, a revolver and bullets.
Money, roulette, rose and revolver half sleeve
Black ink line drawing on pale paper of a heartbeat trace that turns into beamed music notes and ends in a small heart.
Heartbeat line with music notes and heart
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with three roses, a vintage microphone, piano keys, a guitar headstock and music staves, in a realistic sepia-toned style.
Roses, microphone and piano keys design
Black and white photo of clasped hands with a musical staff and notes tattooed across one finger, placed on the hand.
Musical staff tattoo across a finger
Two black tattoos of musical staves with notes and a treble clef sit either side of the navel on a bare midriff, above a low waistband.
Music staves and notes on the lower abdomen
Small black fine line tattoo of a musical eighth note on the side of a finger, photographed against a blurred lace background.
Eighth note tattoo on a finger
Black line drawing of a dandelion seed head with a treble clef and music notes drifting off the seeds across a white background, suited to a tattoo design.
Dandelion seeds turning into musical notes
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo on the back of a hand, with a small treble clef on a finger, beside a black wristwatch.
Swallow and treble clef on a hand
Colourful watercolour-style splash tattoo on a forearm with a white treble clef, black music notes and black vine linework.
Treble clef and rainbow splash on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm showing a treble clef, music notes and media player symbols beside the words The moments, The memories, The pain, The happiness.
Music notes and media controls on a forearm
Close photo of a black tattoo of five musical notes arranged in a star shape on pale skin, with a red and white patterned fabric draped nearby.
Music note star tattoo on skin
Black line flash sheet of semi colon tattoo designs, including anchors, wings, flowers, butterflies, dragonflies and hearts, with prices noted at the top.
Semi colon tattoo flash sheet
Colour tattoo of an acoustic guitar with a red and black body and black music notes floating beside it, across a person's upper back.
Acoustic guitar and music notes on upper back
Colour tattoo of two beamed musical notes on a forearm, with a purple and red note on the left and a teal and green note on the right, in a soft blurred style.
Two beamed music notes on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a heart drawn with a single line, with a treble clef and music notes, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Heart and music notes on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate treble clef with floating music notes and swirling scrollwork on a lower leg.
Treble clef with music notes and scrollwork