The usage of musical “scale” in tattoos
Music themed logos come in several different forms: band logos, music
note, lyrics, and musical instruments. Getting the logo of some band
rendered on your body is usually only a good idea if their music
inspires you or got you through a rough time in your life, if you are
one of the members of a band, or you find something that’s of real
interest in their logo that represents them. We are nobody to judge you
based on the choices you make, be it to have a screaming tattoo of Che
Guevara's face on your chest because you love 'Rage Against The
Machine', then you may go for it. But you need to keep this in mind –
bands break up or sell out, their music starts to suck or they turn
corporate, they lose singers and gain new ones. Maybe the singer you
liked, the one you idolized, the one for whom you got that tattoo in the
first place is no more part of that band, what then? You can't just keep
dumping tattoos irrelevant tattoos on your face. One does good to
remember that styles change and people grow- we included. It's good to
never regret for getting a particular tattoo. But one must practice
restraint while deciding. Just avoiding going for something based on
your judgment which are heavily biased by your love for that thing.
Instead it's better to play safe and only stick with some band's logo
only if they are legendary. Lyrics are however a completely different
story. Words are immortal and are complet ely independent of the past, present and future of a band. The message they deliver is universal and
it never gets old regardless of whether the band that originally created
it breaks up or ends up changing their style. For instance, John
Lennon's “Imagine” with its haunting, inspiring lyrics will never lose
their magic even though 'The Beatles' was dissolved and John Lennon
himself was assassinated. Here words far out last their creators. Thus
it's safer betting on an immortal entity than a mortal one. Some
people chose to get the actual music notes on a scale, complete with
treble clef, in lieu of the lyrics. A few new trends have emerged in
popularity regarding music notes over the past few years, such as
combining two bass clefs (one regular, the other inverted) to form a
heart or two treble clefs to form a butterfly. Another form is tattooing
the F-holes found on a violin on the lower back, thereby creating a
self-made violin out of the contours of the female body. Such uses of
naturally available contours are not new in tattoos. Artists make
several such tricky uses to create visual imagery. A little creativity
and you can create magic while working with different clefs. The G clef
seems to be the most popular one. Certain other popular tattoos can also
be used in tandem with scales to create an even more appealing look.
Thus to sum it all up, going for a musical scale tattoo seems to be the
best thing to do. They are guarantied to outlast you and there is hardly
the risk that some day soon you might regret your decision. The reason
is quite simple. One chooses only a musical note that he likes the most.
The one for which he can die for. Maybe something that saw you through
the thick and thin of times. It's very unlikely that if you choose a
note like that and have it placed on the musical scale for tattoo, then
you will lose its charm anytime sooner. However they do require some
good amount of space and are frequently placed on ones back, chest or on
sleeves.
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