Deftones · Diamond Eyes · song 8
Sextape tuning.
Sextape (Deftones, 2010) is in F♯ Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
At concert pitch
The album's value, measured on the CD.
Deftones · Diamond Eyes · 2010
About Sextape
Sextape, from Diamond Eyes (2010), is a slow, dreamy song: a wash of clean, chorus-heavy guitar under Chino Moreno's soft vocal. TuneLit lists it with Stephen Carpenter's eight-string in F♯ Standard (F♯ B E A D G B E), the tuning of the whole album, where his part adds the low end.
TuneLit measured the album at concert pitch (about 1 ¢ sharp), and Sextape reads about 5 ¢ sharp, too close to the album for a value of its own, so the Tune button is F♯ Standard at A 440.
The part everyone wants to play is Chino Moreno's guitar, the most-viewed tab, written for a six-string in Drop C (C G C F A D), with the bass in Drop C too. Popular versions in Drop C♯ and Drop D exist; they keep the shapes but not the pitch of the record. The CD's low notes include C in both octaves, which fits Drop C. TuneLit's check from the audio cannot judge Carpenter's low F♯ on this album, because the Drop C bass plays below it, so for Chino's part tune a six-string to Drop C at A 440.
Tip: For the famous clean part, tune a six-string to Drop C at A 440 and check the open low C against the bass note under the first chord.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to F♯ Standard, the notes Sextape was recorded in.
- Turn String 8 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Sextape sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play Sextape along with the record: its lowest open note and your String 8 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 Sextape instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in F♯ Standard. Choose F♯ Standard at A 440 and Sextape moves down 1 cent, 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 Sextape in?
F♯ Standard: F♯ B E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.