Music tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realistic tattoo of a portable record player with a vinyl record and floating musical notes on the forearm.
Record player and music notes on a forearm
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
Fine line black tattoo on the side ribs forming a heart from a treble clef swirl, a bass clef curl and a row of piano keys, with two dots beside it.
Music heart tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a musical staff ribbon with notes and a treble clef across the top of a foot near the ankle.
Musical staff ribbon across a foot
Fine line white-ink treble clef tattoo on the inner wrist and lower forearm of a light-skinned arm.
Treble clef on the wrist
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
Colourful neo-trad style tattoo of a cassette tape with a yellow label and a trailing black ribbon, on a calf, set against coloured dots and a green and yellow wash.
Cassette tape on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a treble clef entwined with two shaded roses and leaves, placed on the outer thigh.
Treble clef and roses on a thigh
Black fine-line tattoo of a treble clef merged with a heart shape on the inner wrist and forearm.
Treble clef and heart tattoo on a wrist
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
Two solid black treble clef tattoos, one on each foot near the ankle, shown in bold linework on skin.
Treble clef tattoos on two feet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a treble clef with a cracked, raised effect, sitting on the forearm.
Cracked 3D treble clef on a forearm
Close-up photograph of a black treble clef merged with a heart outline, with dark red shading along the heart, tattooed on pale skin.
Treble clef and heart tattoo
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'
Black ink tattoo of a bird formed from musical staves, notes and a treble clef, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bird made of musical notes on a shoulder
Solid black treble and bass clef merged into a heart shape on the top of a foot, with two small dots beside the bass clef.
Treble and bass clef heart on a foot
Solid black acoustic guitar silhouette tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a green dress.
Acoustic guitar on upper arm
Black musical notes tattoo on the neck just behind the ear, shown in a black and white photograph.
Musical notes behind the ear
Black fine line tattoo of a violin with a shaded fingerboard on the forearm, shown against white fabric.
Violin outline tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a gramophone with a flared horn and wooden turntable base, on the outer forearm.
Gramophone on a forearm
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 rose tattoo on one forearm beside a treble clef on the other, with red watercolour splashes and sketchy linework.
Black rose and treble clef on forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a treble clef with a shaded heart beside its lower curl, on a limb.
Treble clef and heart on a limb
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
Small black fine line treble clef tattoo on the upper back, shown in close up on pale skin.
Treble clef on upper back
Black ink treble clef with a splattered ink background on a forearm, in a blackwork style.
Treble clef with ink splatter on a forearm
Black and white photo of a small, solid black treble clef tattoo on the inside of a woman's ankle, with a dark sock or trouser hem above it.
Small treble clef tattoo on an ankle
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
Solid black treble clef merged with a peace sign tattoo on the top of a bare foot, with dark trousers at the ankle.
Treble clef and peace sign on a foot
Small solid black treble clef tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a fine line style, with the hand resting in a jeans pocket.
Treble clef on the forearm
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading WORDS FAIL, with the line MUSIC SPEAKS inverted beneath it, in a plain sans-serif typeface.
Words fail, music speaks lettering on forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of three music notes on the ankle, above a leather sandal strap and a pink trouser cuff.
Three music notes on an ankle
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
Fine line black tattoo of a wing rising from a treble clef style swirl on the side of the ribs, with light shading along the feathers.
Winged treble clef on the ribs
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
Close-up photo of a solid black treble clef tattoo on skin, with bold filled linework and a smooth, simple outline.
Solid black treble clef tattoo
Black and grey treble clef tattoo with small musical notes trailing up and to the right, placed on the shoulder near the collarbone.
Treble clef and music notes on a shoulder
Black ink tattoo on the inner wrist reading Music is Life in script with an underline, above rewind, pause, fast forward and repeat icons.
Music is Life lettering with media player icons on a wrist
Small fine-line tattoo of a heart formed from treble and bass clefs in blue-purple ink on the side of a finger.
Clef heart tattoo on a finger
Small black fine line tattoo of a treble clef with two musical notes on the outside of an ankle, with jeans rolled above it.
Treble clef and music notes on an ankle
Realistic shaded headphones with a cable running down to a jack, with a small red, green and blue sound wave between the earcups, tattooed on the forearm.
Headphones and sound wave on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a treble and bass clef forming a heart, with the script words Where words fail, Music speaks below it.
Clef heart and quote tattoo on skin
Close-up of a small fine line black treble clef tattoo on the side of a finger, with lips resting near the hand.
Treble clef tattoo on a finger
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
Small black treble clef tattoo on the inner wrist of a forearm, worn beside a dark braided bracelet with a silver clasp.
Treble clef on the inner wrist
Full-colour cartoon tattoo of a band of puppet characters with guitars and a horn, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Puppet band across the upper arm