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    25 weird and wonderful classical music tattoos

    From inexplicably burning Beethovens to awkward singing hamburgers, here's a selection of the most musical tats of all time.

    1. classical music tattoos

      1. De-composing Mozart

      Nothing says "I love Mozart" like getting his zombified head indelibly inked on your arm.

    2. classical music tattoos

      2. Leg-up for Beethoven?

      Where to start? Beethoven's giant face. An oversized cello scroll. A wonky keyboard. And is that a chicken's eye we can see on the right?! Bravo, sir. Bravo.

    3. classical music tattoos

      3. Mozart art

      It's not a traditional place to put lyrics from a Mozart aria, and nor are they usually accompanied by shiny white boxer shorts, but we'll go with it.

    4. classical music tattoos

      4. The Flaming Beethoven

      This is Beethoven pictured after death, on a roller coaster, with missing teeth, possibly on fire. Why wouldn't you want that on your bicep?

    5. classical music tattoos

      5. Composer poser

      Oversized bling? Check. Tight white vest? Check. The next logical step is to get a giant composer-inspired floral sleeve complete with Chopin crying blood. Obviously.

    6. classical music tattoos

      6. Key-bald

      "Maybe no one will notice my bald patch if I tattoo a keyboard with the wrong number of black keys on my scalp?"

    7. classical music tattoos

      7. None shall sleep

      No one's going to be ABLE to sleep after catching a glimpse of this creepy Pavarotti. Also, someone get this guy some Savlon. That looks raw.

    8. classical music tattoos

      8. Leg-ato?

      Props to this music lover who's replicated a bassoon, to scale, all the way up his leg. Just don't ask to see the mouthpiece.

    9. classical music tattoos

      9. Johann Sebastian Back

      What happens when you decide you're more a Vivaldi kind of girl?

    10. classical music tattoos

      10. The world's quietest piano

      Keyboard and headphones not good enough for you?

    11. classical music tattoos

      11. The Tweeter

      OK, points available for anyone who can name all the musical symbols in this one. Just a small point, though - that fermata has been italicised slightly too much for our taste…

    12. classical music tattoos

      12. 4'33"

      Surely the best tribute to John Cage's famously silent piece would've been not to get a tattoo at all?

    13. classical music tattoos

      13. Lanky

      Is that a subtle musical tribute to John Dowland's 'Flow My Tears'?

    14. classical music tattoos

      14. Giving Chopin a hand

      Seeing your favourite composer's upside-down head on your hand as you practise the piano is bound to be a little distracting.

    15. classical music tattoos

      15. Trombone-a-saurus

      This is the happiest purple dinosaur we've ever seen. And why woudn't he be? He's playing the trombone on someone's midriff and disguising a huge bruise!

    16. classical music tattoos

      16. No strings attached

      It's the world's smallest violin, and it's playing just for you. At least, it would be, if it had any strings.

    17. classical music tattoos

      17. No bar lines

      We're hoping this is work-in-progress - we'd be tempted to ink in some bar lines so we could actually play whatever piece that is.

    18. classical music tattoos

      18. So accurate

      "Look, I know the real Bach probably didn't have Satan's chin nestling on his head, but look how close to the picture it is!"

    19. classical music tattoos

      19. Poor Beethoven

      Beethoven may have burst into flames, but at least this considerate chap's looking out for his rapidly declining hearing with a massive pair of ear defenders.

    20. classical music tattoos

      20. Piano mishaps

      Don't you just hate it when your piano stool falls over and you can't sit at your 11-keyed piano with no strings and blood exploding out of the corners?

    21. classical music tattoos

      21. No wonder he was deaf

      It's considerably more difficult to hear the fruits of your labour when your hairline actually goes underneath your ears.

    22. classical music tattoos

      22. Beethoven's Pastoral Tattoo

      So, now that we're all comfortable with the idea of Ludwig Van Beethoven being immortalised in medically administered ink injections, it's about time someone took the concept to the next level and gave him a fox's head. Also, someone needs to warn John Suchet about leaving his personal snaps lying around.

    23. classical music tattoos

      23. Welcome to Classical Burger World…

      What kind of burger would you like? Franz Schuburger? Hector Burgerlioz? Alban Berger? Leonard Burgerstein? Anton Weberger? Arnold Schoenburger? OK, OK, we'll stop now…

    24. Neil Potter classical tattoo

      24. Moonlight Sonat-arm

      What's the point in carrying sheet music around when you can have the Moonlight Sonata permanently inked on your arm? Those broken chords can be tough to remember... (Credit: Neil Potter/Facebook)

    25. classical music tattoos

      25. Keyboard confusion

      "Where's the time signature? Why are the sharps in the wrong place? How am I supposed to play this?!" No wonder this cute little keyboard looks confused.

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