Clawfinger · A Whole Lot of Nothing · song 3
Nothing Going On tuning.
Nothing Going On (Clawfinger, 2001) 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.
Clawfinger · A Whole Lot of Nothing · 2001
About Nothing Going On
From A Whole Lot of Nothing (2001), the Clawfinger album that leans on electronics and synthesizers more than any before it, and the one where the guitar tunings go in several directions. Nothing Going On is listed in Drop D, String 6 down a whole step, but its riff lives on the open A string, String 5, so it sounds the same in Drop D and in E Standard.
TuneLit measured the CD about 2.5 ¢ flat, which counts as concert pitch, and this song about 2 ¢ sharp, so Tune opens Drop D at plain A 440 with no offset. It is the first Clawfinger album at concert pitch; the three 1990s albums all sit a few cents sharp.
The sources disagree on the tuning. An Ultimate Guitar tab uses Drop D, a machine transcription on Songsterr uses E Standard, and Bård Torstensen's Wikipedia page says, without a source, that he played the song on a baritone with its low strings tuned to G. All three put the riff on an open A, and no lower note sounds often enough on the record for TuneLit's audio check to settle it, so for playing along any of them works.
Tip: Tune String 5 to A first and check it against the riff: that open A carries the whole song, whatever String 6 is doing.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to Drop D, the notes Nothing Going On was recorded in.
- From 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. Nothing Going On sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play Nothing Going On 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 Nothing Going On 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. Choose Drop D at A 440 and Nothing Going On moves up 3 cents, at its own speed. Slow it down or loop a few bars to learn it, and save the result as a WAV file.
Questions
What tuning is Nothing Going On in?
Drop D: D A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.