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Deep Purple · 1975 · Studio album

Come Taste the Band tuning.

E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 3 of 9 songs are tuned differently.

Come Taste the Band album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

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

MeasuredFrom tabs

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Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, EMI CDP 7 94032 2 (1990)+3.8 ¢A 4419−0.7 to +6.1 ¢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 (community).

Tommy Bolin's only Deep Purple album, recorded at Musicland in Munich in August 1975. E Standard throughout. The 1990 EMI CD reads +4 ¢ as a whole (stored as concert pitch), but the songs spread: Gettin' Tighter and Drifter sit 12 to 13 ¢ sharp, Lady Luck 15 ¢ flat.

9 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

  1. 1. Comin' Home

    E StandardMeasured

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  2. 2. Lady Luck

    Different pitch

    E Standard −15 ¢Measured

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    Notes

    About 15 ¢ flat on this CD.

    Tommy Bolin in standard tuning: every tab of the album (Songsterr) has the guitars and Glenn Hughes's bass in E Standard. TuneLit measured this song on its own about 15 ¢ flat (A ≈ 436.2), 19 ¢ below the album value.

  3. 3. Gettin' Tighter

    Different pitch

    E Standard +13 ¢Measured

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    Notes

    Written by Tommy Bolin and Glenn Hughes; about 13 ¢ sharp on this CD.

    Tommy Bolin in standard tuning: every tab of the album (Songsterr) has the guitars and Glenn Hughes's bass in E Standard. TuneLit measured this song on its own about 13 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 443.3), 9 ¢ above the album value.

  4. 4. Dealer

    E StandardMeasured

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  5. 5. I Need Love

    E StandardMeasured

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  6. 6. Drifter

    Different pitch

    E Standard +12 ¢Measured

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    Notes

    About 12 ¢ sharp on this CD.

    Tommy Bolin in standard tuning: every tab of the album (Songsterr) has the guitars and Glenn Hughes's bass in E Standard. TuneLit measured this song on its own about 12 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 443.1), 9 ¢ above the album value.

  7. 7. Love Child

    E StandardMeasured

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  8. 8. This Time Around / Owed to 'G'

    E StandardMeasured

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    Notes

    Hughes sings This Time Around; Owed to 'G' is an instrumental.

    On its own, this song measures sharper: CD +9.5 ¢. Tune uses the album's A 440.

  9. 9. You Keep On Moving

    E StandardMeasured

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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 Come Taste the Band in?

Deep Purple recorded Come Taste the Band (1975) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Lady Luck uses E Standard −15 ¢; Gettin' Tighter uses E Standard +13 ¢; Drifter uses E Standard +12 ¢.

Why does Come Taste the Band sound out of tune with my guitar?

Lady Luck sits about 15 cents flat (A ≈ 436), 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, song by song, so you only tune the strings.