Deftones · Around the Fur · song 1
My Own Summer (Shove It) tuning.
My Own Summer (Shove It) (Deftones, 1997) is in Drop C♯, about 8 cents flat (A ≈ 438), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
8 ¢ flat
Measured on this song itself: Tune moves every string −8 ¢.
Deftones · Around the Fur · 1997
About My Own Summer (Shove It)
My Own Summer (Shove It) opens Around the Fur (1997) and was its first single. Its riff is simple: big, slow chords on the dropped low string, with ringing dissonant notes on top, and space between the hits for Chino Moreno's whisper-to-scream vocal. The guitars and bass are in Drop C♯ (C♯ G♯ C♯ F♯ A♯ D♯), which is Drop D tuned down a half step.
TuneLit measured the US CD of Around the Fur about 5 ¢ sharp overall, but this song reads about 8 ¢ flat (A ≈ 438.1), the lowest of the album, so it has its own value: Drop C♯ −8 ¢. Next to Lhabia, the following track, which reads about 26 ¢ sharp, the difference is big enough to hear, and each song's Tune button follows its own reading.
TuneLit's check from the audio agrees that the lowest open string is C♯. Tabs in Drop D and Drop C circulate for convenience; they play the right shapes but leave you a half step away from the record. To get there from standard tuning, lower every string a half step and then String 6 another whole step, or start from Drop D and take every string down a half step.
Tip: Tune to Drop C♯ with the reference at about A 438, then match the open low C♯ against the first big chord of the intro.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to Drop C♯, every string −8 ¢, the notes My Own Summer (Shove It) was recorded in.
- From E Standard: String 6 down 3 half steps (E → C♯), String 5 down a half step (A → G♯), String 4 down a half step (D → C♯), String 3 down a half step (G → F♯), String 2 down a half step (B → A♯), String 1 down a half step (E → D♯).
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. My Own Summer (Shove It) sits 8 cents flat on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much sharp against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play My Own Summer (Shove It) 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 My Own Summer (Shove It) instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in Drop C♯ −8 ¢. Choose Drop D at A 440 and My Own Summer (Shove It) moves up a half step and 8 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 My Own Summer (Shove It) in?
Drop C♯ −8 ¢: C♯ G♯ C♯ F♯ A♯ D♯, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.