Clawfinger · 2001 · Studio album
A Whole Lot of Nothing tuning.
Drop D at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 3 of 13 songs are tuned differently.
Album tuning
Drop D
At concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD.
MeasuredCommunity
Measured by TuneLit
At concert pitch
| Source | Offset | Equivalent A | Songs | Spread | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD, GUN 74321 87033 2 (EU, 2001) | −2.5 ¢ | A 439.4 | 13 | −4.7 to +9.1 ¢ | Low |
Before we measured, sources said: Drop D, with no pitch given (community).
The most varied Clawfinger album, and the first at concert pitch: TuneLit measured the CD about 2.5 ¢ flat, which counts as A 440. Two Steps Away, Confrontation and Paradise are tabbed in Drop D, Out to Get Me in D Standard, Burn in Hell in Drop C and the Ultravox cover Vienna in E Standard; Vienna also measures higher, about 13 ¢ sharp. Half of the songs have no tab, and TuneLit's semitone check from the audio hears other low notes on some of them: C♯ on Are You Man Enough and Simon Says, C on Don't Look at Me. They keep the album's Drop D until someone checks them by ear.
13 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. Two Steps Away
Drop DMeasured
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2. Out to Get Me
Different tuning
D StandardMeasured
Notes
How to get there from the album's Drop D: String 5 down a whole step (A → G), String 4 down a whole step (D → C), String 3 down a whole step (G → F), String 2 down a whole step (B → A), String 1 down a whole step (E → D); the other strings stay.
Songsterr's most-viewed Clawfinger tab and the best-rated Ultimate Guitar version are in D Standard (D G C F A D); an older text tab calls it Drop D. TuneLit's semitone check from the audio hears D as the lowest open string.
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3. Nothing Going On
Drop DMeasured
Notes
The riff lives on the open A string, so it works in Drop D and in E Standard alike.
An Ultimate Guitar tab is in Drop D and a machine transcription on Songsterr in E Standard; both play the riff on the open A string. Bård Torstensen's Wikipedia page says, without a source, that he played this song on a baritone with its low strings tuned to G. The audio cannot settle it: the riff sits on A, and no lower note sounds often enough.
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4. Are You Man Enough
Drop DMeasured
Notes
No tab found, so it follows the album's Drop D. TuneLit's semitone check from the audio hears C♯ rather than D as its lowest note: check by ear.
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5. Confrontation
Drop DMeasured
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6. Evolution
Drop DMeasured
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7. Don't Look at Me
Drop DMeasured
Notes
No tab found, so it follows the album's Drop D. The audio's lowest note is C, a whole step under D, which would mean Drop C: check by ear.
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8. Simon Says
Drop DMeasured
Notes
No tab found, so it follows the album's Drop D. TuneLit's semitone check from the audio hears C♯ rather than D as its lowest note: check by ear.
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9. Burn in Hell
Different tuning
Drop CMeasured
Notes
How to get there from the album's Drop D: Every string down a whole step.
The only tab (Songsterr) is in Drop C, with a 5-string bass. TuneLit's semitone check from the audio is not sure: the song's lowest notes sit mostly on G and G♯, not on C.
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10. I Close My Eyes
Drop DMeasured
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11. Paradise
Drop DMeasured
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12. Revenge
Drop DMeasured
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13. Vienna
Different tuning
E Standard +13 ¢Measured
Notes
How to get there from the album's Drop D: String 6 up a whole step (D → E); the other strings stay.
A cover of the Ultravox song. The only tab (Songsterr) puts the guitar in E Standard, with a 5-string bass. TuneLit measured this song about 13 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 443), unlike the rest of the album. The semitone check from the audio picks F as the lowest note, the usual result when a song sits on the first fret and never rings the open E.
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 A Whole Lot of Nothing in?
Clawfinger recorded A Whole Lot of Nothing (2001) in Drop D at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Out to Get Me uses D Standard; Burn in Hell uses Drop C; Vienna uses E Standard +13 ¢.
Why does A Whole Lot of Nothing sound out of tune with my guitar?
Vienna sits about 13 cents sharp (A ≈ 443), 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.