Music tattoo ideas

318 photos and flash · 32% Fine line, 12% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Black line drawing of a heart formed by a treble clef and musical notes on a curving staff, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Heart of musical notes and treble clef
Pencil drawing of a treble clef with curling staff lines and small musical notes, shown as a tattoo design on a grey background.
Treble clef with staff lines and notes
Black and grey fine line flash sheet of music designs, including a microphone, headphones, winged music note, stave ribbons, treble clef column and the word Music in script.
Music-themed flash sheet with notes, microphone and
Sheet of twelve dark red Chinese character designs on white, each labelled in English with words such as Music, Peace, Mother and Father.
Chinese character tattoo flash sheet
Solid black design of a heart formed by a treble clef and a bass clef, with the bass clef's two dots on the right, on a white background.
Treble and bass clef heart design
White rune-like symbols on a teal painted canvas, each labelled with a word such as Strength, Wisdom, Luck, Grace, Hope or Love.
Rune-style symbols with word labels
Black ink drawing of a treble clef curling into a heart outline, with two dots to the right, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Treble clef heart design
Black ink flash design of a heart wearing headphones, with a heartbeat or sound wave line running down its centre, on white paper.
Heart with headphones and heartbeat line
Hand-drawn black ink treble clef with the word music written in cursive inside its loop, sketched on lined notebook paper.
Treble clef with music lettering
Black and grey drawing of a treble clef wrapped in two scroll banners that read I am married to the music, for better or worse, with a pointed blade shape at the top.
Treble clef with quote banners
Flash sheet of four black line infinity symbols, each ending in a different motif: dispersing butterflies, flying birds, a musical note with the word music, and three outlined hearts.
Four infinity symbol designs with varied motifs
Black ink drawing of a skull built from electric guitars, violins, a microphone, headphones and tangled cables, shown as a standalone design with no body placement.
Skull made of guitars and a microphone
Black linework drawing of a stylised treble clef with bold, flowing curves on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Tribal-style treble clef design
Coloured pencil drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a vintage microphone wrapped in a banner with roses and leaves, not shown on skin.
Microphone and roses tattoo design
Black ink flash design of a calligraphy quote in flowing script above a small bird silhouette, with no body placement shown.
Script quote with small bird design
Ink drawing of a songbird in flight, its body formed from a treble clef and musical notes, with wings of stave lines and floating notes, on a plain white background.
Bird made of music notes and a treble clef
Black and white flash design of treble and bass clefs arranged in a radial pattern with swirling curves and dots, shown without any body placement.
Radial design of clefs and dots
Black and grey pencil sketch of a violin wrapped in ribbons, with two roses and a lily, drawn as a tattoo design.
Violin with roses and lily sketch
Black script lettering reading 'Music is an outburst of the soul' beside a large treble clef, drawn as a tattoo-style design with no body part shown.
Treble clef with 'Music is an outburst of the soul'
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design: a treble clef formed from twining stems with bell flowers, a calla lily and small blossoms.
Treble clef entwined with flowers
Black line drawing of a heartbeat trace that merges a treble clef and a bass clef into its centre, on a white background.
Treble and bass clef heartbeat line
Black ink drawing of an anatomical heart with a gramophone horn rising from its top and a hand crank on its right side, shaded with fine hatching on a white background.
Anatomical heart fused with a gramophone horn
Black line drawing of a vinyl record half-turned into a sound wave, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Vinyl record and sound wave design
Black line drawing of a curving musical staff with a treble clef, several notes, two roses and floral swirls, shown as a tattoo design.
Musical staff with treble clef and roses
Black line design of the word MUSIC where the letters are replaced by musical symbols, including a clef, beamed notes and a rest, on a white background.
MUSIC lettering made from musical symbols
Cream line drawing of an anchor whose rope shank forms a treble clef, set against a navy background, showing a tattoo design rather than skin.
Anchor with treble clef rope design
Black and grey flash drawing of a vinyl record on a turntable framed by two traditional roses and ink swirls, shown on paper.
Record player with two roses design
Black line drawing of a treble clef wrapped in swirls, surrounded by music notes, sharps, flats and small leaves on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Treble clef and music notes design
Black and grey pencil drawing of an electric bass guitar flanked by three shaded roses and a ribbon, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Bass guitar with roses and ribbon design
Shaded pencil drawing of a bass clef and treble clef forming a heart shape, with two dots beside the bass clef, as a tattoo design.
Treble and bass clef heart design
Black line drawing of a swirling wing shape made from music staves and notes, on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Musical notes and swirling wing design
Black ink drawing of an ornamental treble clef with a Celtic knot, scrolls and leaf details, shown on cream paper as a tattoo design.
Ornamental treble clef with Celtic knot
Pencil shaded tattoo design of a cello wrapped in two roses, a lily and flowing ribbons, with no body placement shown.
Cello with roses and lily in pencil
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a musical staff ribbon forming a heart, with a treble clef, notes, stars and the words Music is Life.
Music staff heart with treble clef and script
Flat teal treble clef design with a heart formed within its curls, shown on a plain white background.
Treble clef with a heart in its curls
Black linework flash design of a gramophone inside an ornate oval frame, with leaves and a banner reading Music is a place to be, drawn on tracing paper.
Gramophone in an ornate frame with banner
Pencil drawing of a rose whose stem forms a treble clef, with two buds, shown as a black and grey tattoo design.
Rose and treble clef design in pencil
Flash-style drawing of four coloured beetles playing instruments on an aged parchment background, including a sunburst guitar, a drum kit, a Union Jack beetle and a bass guitar.
Four beetles playing guitars and drums
Black line drawing of musical notation on a white background, showing beamed eighth notes, treble clefs, a bass clef, rests and an f dynamic marking, with no body placement shown.
Musical notation design on white
Black flash design of two cat silhouettes, each with a bass clef forming its tail and body, on a plain white background.
Two cats made from bass clefs
Brown ink drawing of a songbird in flight, its body formed from a treble clef and musical notes, with wings made of staves and notes drifting behind it.
Bird made of musical notes and a treble clef
Grid of twelve dark red Chinese character tattoo designs, each with an English label such as Music, Long Life, Peace and Mother.
Twelve Chinese character tattoo designs
Black line drawing of five treble clefs radiating from a central swirl in a star-like pattern, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Five treble clefs arranged in a star
Ink drawing of a bird in flight, its body formed by a treble clef and musical notes, with staff lines sweeping out as wings, in brown ink on white paper.
Bird made of musical notes and a treble clef
Black and white flash design of piano keys curving across the page like a ribbon, with scripted lettering reading I will sing of the Lord's great love forever.
Piano keys ribbon with Psalm 89:1 lettering
Black line drawing of an acoustic guitar entwined with swirling scrollwork, roses, hearts and stars, in a botanical design for a tattoo.
Swirling guitar with roses and hearts
Black ink line drawing of a treble clef filled with patterned bands, dotted swirls and flowers, a design that could suit a fine line or dotwork tattoo.
Treble clef with floral swirls
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with a treble clef woven into its loop and two separate treble clefs below, shown as a fine line tattoo design on a plain white background.
Infinity symbol with treble clefs