Aerosmith · 1975 · Studio album
Toys in the Attic tuning.
E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 3 of 9 songs are tuned differently.
Album tuning
E Standard
At concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD.
MeasuredCommunity
Measured by TuneLit
At concert pitch
| Source | Offset | Equivalent A | Songs | Spread | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD, Columbia CK 33479 (1987) | −3.7 ¢ | A 439.1 | 9 | −7.1 to −3.7 ¢ | High |
Before we measured, sources said: E Standard, with no pitch given (community).
The breakthrough album, again with Jack Douglas at the Record Plant. Every song but No More No More is tabbed in E Standard. TuneLit measured the CD a few cents flat overall, which nobody will hear, but the title track sits about 9 cents sharp and Sweet Emotion about 13 cents flat.
9 songs · 3 tuned differently
Every song, ready to tune
Tune opens the tuner in that song's tuning, pitch included. Play along opens the song player set to that tuning, so the track plays in yours. What the labels mean
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1. Toys in the Attic
Different pitch
E Standard +9 ¢Measured
Notes
Measured about 9 cents sharp (A ≈ 442.3).
Community tabs, including the very popular Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion transcriptions, put every song in E Standard.
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2. Uncle Salty
E StandardMeasured
Notes
Tom Hamilton plays rhythm guitar here as well as bass.
On its own, this song measures flatter: CD −11.6 ¢. Tune uses the album's A 440.
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3. Adam's Apple
E StandardMeasured
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4. Walk This Way
E StandardMeasured
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5. Big Ten Inch Record
E StandardMeasured
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6. Sweet Emotion
Different pitch
E Standard −13 ¢Measured
Notes
Joe Perry's talk box line rides over Tom Hamilton's bass riff. Measured about 13 cents flat (A ≈ 436.7).
Community tabs, including the very popular Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion transcriptions, put every song in E Standard.
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7. No More No More
Different tuning
E2 B2 E3 E3 B3 E4Measured
Notes
How to get there from the album's E Standard: String 5 up a whole step (A → B), String 4 up a whole step (D → E), String 3 down 3 half steps (G → E); the other strings stay.
Perry's E5 tuning, E B E E B E: the 5th and 4th strings go up a whole step to B and E, the 3rd string down to E. The low E stays put; the Songsterr tab plays the song in standard if you would rather not retune.
Guitar World describes Joe Perry's own E5 tuning for this song, E B E E B E, on a Telecaster kept for it, and his 2014 gear list in Premier Guitar shows the same. An Ultimate Guitar tab uses it for the main riffs; other tabs give open E or play the song in standard.
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8. Round and Round
E StandardMeasured
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9. You See Me Crying
E StandardMeasured
What the labels mean
- Measured
- TuneLit measured the pitch on an original CD or LP. The tuning name still comes from the sources.
- Official
- The band, a member, their producer or their guitar tech said it.
- Widely reported
- Trusted outlets, guides and tabs agree, but the band did not say it directly.
- Community
- From community tabs, or from players who tune along with the record.
- Disputed
- Sources disagree. The likeliest setting is shown; the notes name the other one.
Each song shows one label, the strongest it has, in this order. How we measure recordings →
Questions
What tuning is Toys in the Attic in?
Aerosmith recorded Toys in the Attic (1975) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Toys in the Attic uses E Standard +9 ¢; Sweet Emotion uses E Standard −13 ¢; No More No More uses E2 B2 E3 E3 B3 E4.
Why does Toys in the Attic sound out of tune with my guitar?
Sweet Emotion sits about 13 cents flat (A ≈ 437), so a guitar tuned to A 440 clashes with it. The Tune buttons on this page set the tuner's reference to match the record, so you only tune the strings.