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Deep Purple · 2003 · Studio album

Bananas tuning.

E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 1 of 12 songs are tuned differently.

Bananas 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 5 91048 2 9 (2003)−0.3 ¢A 439.912−2.0 to +0.2 ¢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).

The first album with Don Airey on keyboards after Jon Lord retired, recorded in Burbank, California, in early 2003. E Standard, except Silver Tongue, which the only tab puts a whole step down in D Standard. The EMI CD sits at concert pitch (−0.3 ¢).

12 songs · 1 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

  1. 1. House of Pain

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  2. 2. Sun Goes Down

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  3. 3. Haunted

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  4. 4. Razzle Dazzle

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  5. 5. Silver Tongue

    Different tuning

    D StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    How to get there from the album's E Standard: Every string down a whole step.

    D Standard: every string a whole step down. TuneLit's check from the audio agrees with D as the lowest string; the low D makes up about half of the low notes.

    The only tab (Songsterr) has Steve Morse's guitar in D Standard, every string a whole step down, and the bass tuned down with it.

  6. 6. Walk On

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  7. 7. Picture of Innocence

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  8. 8. I Got Your Number

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  9. 9. Never a Word

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  10. 10. Bananas

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  11. 11. Doing It Tonight

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  12. 12. Contact Lost

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

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 Bananas in?

Deep Purple recorded Bananas (2003) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Silver Tongue uses D Standard.