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Deep Purple · 1996 · Studio album

Purpendicular tuning.

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

Purpendicular album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

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

MeasuredOfficial

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Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, RCA 74321 33802 2 (1996)−1.4 ¢A 439.612−2.5 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).

Steve Morse's first album with the band, recorded in Altamonte Springs, Florida, in 1995. E Standard throughout: Morse keeps a second guitar in Drop D, but no tab of this album uses it. The RCA CD sits at concert pitch (−1.4 ¢), every song within 6 ¢ of A 440.

12 songs

Every song, ready to tune

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  1. 1. Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic

    E StandardMeasured

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  2. 2. Loosen My Strings

    E StandardMeasured

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  3. 3. Soon Forgotten

    E StandardMeasured

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  4. 4. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming

    E StandardMeasured

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    Notes

    The album's best-known song, at concert pitch.

  5. 5. Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover

    E StandardMeasured

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  6. 6. The Aviator

    E StandardMeasured

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  7. 7. Rosa's Cantina

    E StandardMeasured

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  8. 8. A Castle Full of Rascals

    E StandardMeasured

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  9. 9. A Touch Away

    E StandardMeasured

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  10. 10. Hey Cisco

    E StandardMeasured

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  11. 11. Somebody Stole My Guitar

    E StandardMeasured

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  12. 12. The Purpendicular Waltz

    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 Purpendicular in?

Deep Purple recorded Purpendicular (1996) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Every song uses it.