Deftones · 2016 · Studio album

Gore tuning.

F♯ Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 1 of 11 songs are tuned differently.

Gore album cover

Album tuning

F♯ Standard

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

MeasuredFrom tabs

Tune like thisPlay alongAll 11 songs

Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, Warner Music Japan WPCR-17145 (2016)+1.3 ¢A 440.311−0.3 to +3.0 ¢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: F♯ Standard, with no pitch given (community).

Premier Guitar described Gore as built on low-tuned eight-strings, and the tabs put Carpenter back in F♯ Standard, with the title track in Drop E. Chino Moreno plays guitar on nearly every song, tabbed in Drop C or lower, and Sergio Vega played a six-string Bass VI on much of the record. Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains plays the solo on Phantom Bride. The Japanese CD sits at concert pitch (about 1 ¢ sharp).

11 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. Prayers/Triangles

    F♯ StandardMeasured

  2. 2. Acid Hologram

    F♯ StandardMeasured

  3. 3. Doomed User

    F♯ StandardMeasured

  4. 4. Geometric Headdress

    F♯ StandardMeasured

  5. 5. Hearts/Wires

    F♯ StandardMeasured

  6. 6. Pittura Infamante

    F♯ StandardMeasured

  7. 7. Xenon

    F♯ StandardMeasured

  8. 8. (L)MIRL

    F♯ StandardMeasured

  9. 9. Gore

    Different tuning

    Drop EMeasured

    Notes

    How to get there from the album's F♯ Standard: String 8 down a whole step (F♯ → E); the other strings stay.

    The title track is tabbed in Drop E on eight strings (E B E A D G B E).

  10. 10. Phantom Bride

    F♯ StandardMeasured

    Notes

    Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains plays the solo; tabs put it and Chino Moreno's part in Drop C.

  11. 11. Rubicon

    F♯ StandardMeasured

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 Gore in?

Deftones recorded Gore (2016) in F♯ Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Gore uses Drop E.