Music tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey treble clef tattoo with flowing script lettering woven through it, shown on the upper back.
Treble clef with script on upper back
Watercolour-style tattoo of a treble clef left as bare skin, with black music staff lines and notes, on an upper arm.
Treble clef and music staff over watercolour wash
Pencil sketch of a treble clef with a heart and peace sign inside it, drawn on plain white paper as a tattoo design.
Treble clef with heart and peace sign sketch
Fine line black tattoo of a treble clef and musical notes curling across the inner wrist and forearm.
Musical staff and treble clef on the wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of a vintage microphone on the side of a finger, beside a diamond ring.
Vintage microphone on a finger
Black ink drawing of a treble clef whose upper curl forms a cat's head with pointed ears, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Cat and treble clef design
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 and white photo of a fine line treble clef tattoo between the shoulder blades on a person seen from behind, with hair in a loose bun.
Treble clef tattoo on upper back
Red line drawing of a violin with curling scroll flourishes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Violin with swirling flourishes
Black and white design of a solid heart with a white treble clef cut out of its centre, shown on a plain white background.
Treble clef within a solid black heart
Traditional style colour tattoo of a wooden gramophone with a golden horn and a teal sound burst, on the forearm.
Gramophone with sound burst on an arm
Healed tattoo of a violin resting against its bow on a calf, drawn with dark outlines and soft brown shading.
Violin and bow on a leg
Black line drawing of a butterfly whose wings are formed from musical staff lines and notes, with swirling flourishes around it.
Butterfly made of musical staves and notes
Small black fine line treble clef tattoo with two dots on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Treble clef on the 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 and grey realism tattoo of a guitar being played by two hands, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Hands playing guitar on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a stringed instrument on the middle finger, shown in a sepia-toned photograph of a hand gripping strings.
Small stringed instrument tattoo on a finger
Black ink tattoo of a treble clef and bass clef over a wavy music staff, with script lettering reading music is the sound of life, on the upper back.
Treble and bass clefs with script quote on back
Small black fine line treble clef with a semicolon shape tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Treble clef and semicolon on a wrist
Five black musical designs on a white background, including a treble clef, quavers and beamed notes, each finished with curling swirls, shown as a tattoo-style flash sheet with no body placement.
Musical notes and swirls flash sheet
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a cat merged with a treble clef on the back of a neck, below a loose ponytail.
Cat and treble clef on the neck
Black fine line tattoo of a vintage gramophone with a flared horn on the forearm, worn beneath a pink sleeve.
Gramophone on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading where words fail, music speaks, with a bass clef swirl at its left end on the skin.
Where words fail, music speaks script with clef
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
Close-up of a black treble clef tattoo with a dotted note at its base, drawn in fine linework on skin against a blurred background.
Treble clef tattoo in black ink
Two matching black ink tattoos of treble and bass clefs forming a heart, one on the inner wrist and one on the ankle.
Clef heart tattoos on wrist and ankle
Colour tattoo of a cassette tape with black outlines and pink, purple and teal watercolour-style shading, on the side of the ribs.
Cassette tape tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of headphones with the cable running into the script word mmmbop, on the side of the ribs.
Headphones and script on the ribs
Small black fine line treble clef tattoo on the side of a finger, with yellow painted nails and a blurred white top in the background.
Treble clef tattoo on a finger
Fine black line tattoo of a musical staff with a treble clef and notes on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Musical staff with treble clef on a wrist
Black line drawing of a cat sitting in the shape of a treble clef, with a thin curling tail, shown as a tattoo design on a plain light background.
Cat sitting in a treble clef
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
Black and grey tattoo of a musical staff, treble clef and notes with swirls across the top of a foot, with red toenail polish.
Musical staff and notes on a foot
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
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo on skin reading "Where words fail, music speaks." in a simple typeface.
Text tattoo reading Where words fail, music speaks
Fine line tattoo of musical notes and a treble clef swirling across the skin behind a person's ear, in a sepia photograph.
Musical notes and treble clef behind the ear
Black ink tattoo of a treble clef and bass clef on the upper back, with staff lines curling into a heart and script reading music is the sound of life.
Treble and bass clefs with script on upper back
Black and grey treble clef heart tattoo with small stars and swirling wisps on the top of a foot.
Treble clef heart and stars on a foot
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
Small fine line black tattoo of a treble clef merged with a heart, placed on the middle finger of a hand curled up near a pair of lips.
Treble clef and heart on a finger
Black script lettering reading Find your freedom in the music across the top of a foot, in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote reading Find your freedom in the music
Fine line black tattoo of a treble clef merged with a heart shape on the inner wrist, shown on a hand with black nail polish.
Treble clef heart on the wrist
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 white photo of a fine line musical staff with notes and a treble clef tattooed along the side of a ribcage.
Musical staff tattoo on the ribs
Black and red bass clef tattoo with a guitar neck, sketched hand and splatter details on a person's upper back, in a dotwork and watercolour style.
Bass clef and guitar neck on upper back
Fine line black treble clef tattoo with an infinity symbol and a small heart on the inner forearm of a person in a lace top and dark jeans.
Treble clef with infinity and heart on forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a double bass on the finger of a hand gripping the instrument's strings.
Double bass tattoo on a finger
Small black fine line treble clef tattoo on the side of a finger, shown on a hand wearing a turquoise ring and a textured band ring.
Treble clef on a finger