Aerosmith · Get a Grip · song 5
Livin' on the Edge tuning.
Livin' on the Edge (Aerosmith, 1993) is in Drop D at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
At concert pitch
Measured on this song itself.
Aerosmith · Get a Grip · 1993
About Livin' on the Edge
Livin' on the Edge is the one Drop D song on Get a Grip (1993): String 6 goes down a whole step to D, and the other five strings stay in E Standard. Guitar World says the song was recorded that way, all three guitar parts and the bass part of the main Songsterr tab drop to D, and TuneLit's audio check hears D as the lowest open string.
The record sits right at concert pitch: TuneLit measured the song within a cent of A 440 (−0.3 ¢), on a CD that measures the same. Tune opens Drop D at A 440, with nothing to correct.
The main tab writes only the solo in standard tuning. You don't need a second guitar for it: if the solo touches String 6, play those notes two frets higher in Drop D, and everything else stays where it is. The rest of Get a Grip, including Cryin', Crazy and Amazing, is in E Standard, so bring String 6 back up a whole step when you move on.
Tip: Lower only String 6, to D, and check it by playing its 7th fret against open String 5: both should give the same A.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to Drop D, the notes Livin' on the Edge was recorded in.
- From the album's E Standard: String 6 down a whole step (E → D); the other strings stay.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Livin' on the Edge sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play Livin' on the Edge along with the record: its lowest open note and your String 6 should ring together without a wobble.
Or the other way round
Move the record into your tuning
Rather keep your guitar as it is? Let Play along move Livin' on the Edge instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in Drop D. Livin' on the Edge is already in Drop D at A 440, so nothing moves. Slow it down or loop a few bars to learn it, and save the result as a WAV file.
Questions
What tuning is Livin' on the Edge in?
Drop D: D A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.