Clawfinger · Use Your Brain · song 7
Do What I Say tuning.
Do What I Say (Clawfinger, 1995) is in Drop D, about 6 cents sharp (A ≈ 442), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
6 ¢ sharp
The album's value, measured on the CD: Tune moves every string +6 ¢.
Clawfinger · Use Your Brain · 1995
About Do What I Say
From Clawfinger's second album, Use Your Brain (1995): rapped vocals over programmed beats, with short, heavy guitar riffs from Bård Torstensen and Erlend Ottem underneath. Like almost all of the album, it is in Drop D: standard tuning with only String 6 lowered a whole step, from E to D, so one finger across the three lowest strings plays a power chord. Its Ultimate Guitar tab is the best-rated Clawfinger tab on the site.
TuneLit measured the CD about 6 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 442), and Tune includes that offset. Do What I Say alone reads lower, about 1 ¢ sharp, practically concert pitch; the gap is too small to hear, so the song keeps the album value. Either way, a guitar at A 440 sounds close. TuneLit's semitone check from the audio hears the open low D and agrees with the tabs.
If you play on through the album, two songs need a change: Pin Me Down goes down to Drop C, and Undone sits higher, about 16 ¢ sharp. Clawfinger records are full of synths and programmed parts, so if a stray low note seems to contradict the tuning, trust your open D.
Tip: Only String 6 moves: lower it until it rings exactly an octave below the open String 4, and the riff falls under one finger.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to Drop D, every string +6 ¢, the notes Do What I Say 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. Do What I Say sits 6 cents sharp on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much flat against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play Do What I Say 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 Do What I Say 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 +6 ¢. Choose Drop D at A 440 and Do What I Say moves down 6 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 Do What I Say in?
Drop D +6 ¢: D A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.