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Deep Purple · 1998 · Studio album

Abandon tuning.

E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. All 12 songs use it.

Abandon album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

At concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD.

MeasuredOfficial

Tune like thisPlay alongAll 12 songs

Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, EMI 7243 4 95306 2 1 (1998)−0.3 ¢A 439.912−0.9 to +2.9 ¢High
 Offset from concert pitch (A 440). Spread: the middle half of the songs, when four or more share the album's pitch. Confidence: how well the notes agree with one grid.

Before we measured, sources said: E Standard, with no pitch given (official).

Recorded in Florida in 1997 and 1998. E Standard throughout; Bludsucker is a new recording of Bloodsucker from In Rock. The EMI CD sits at concert pitch (−0.3 ¢), every song within 6 ¢ of A 440.

12 songs

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

  1. 1. Any Fule Kno That

    E StandardMeasured

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    Notes

    One tab adds an acoustic part in open D; the main tab and the record point to E Standard.

  2. 2. Almost Human

    E StandardMeasured

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  3. 3. Don't Make Me Happy

    E StandardMeasured

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  4. 4. Seventh Heaven

    E StandardMeasured

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  5. 5. Watching the Sky

    E StandardMeasured

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  6. 6. Fingers to the Bone

    E StandardMeasured

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  7. 7. Jack Ruby

    E StandardMeasured

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  8. 8. She Was

    E StandardMeasured

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  9. 9. Whatsername

    E StandardMeasured

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  10. 10. '69

    E StandardMeasured

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  11. 11. Evil Louie

    E StandardMeasured

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  12. 12. Bludsucker

    E StandardMeasured

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    Notes

    A new recording of Bloodsucker from In Rock (1970).

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.
From tabs
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 Abandon in?

Deep Purple recorded Abandon (1998) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Every song uses it.