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Deftones · 2012 · Studio album

Koi No Yokan tuning.

Drop E at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. All 11 songs use it.

Koi No Yokan album cover

Album tuning

Drop E

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

MeasuredOfficial

Tune like thisPlay alongAll 11 songs

Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, Reprise 532460-2 (US, 2012)+0.6 ¢A 440.2110 to +2.0 ¢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: Drop E, with no pitch given (official).

Carpenter dropped the eight-string's low F♯ to E: E B E A D G B E (Drop E), still E Standard on the top six strings. Tabs put Chino Moreno's guitar in Drop D or lower. The CD sits at concert pitch (under 1 ¢ sharp), and no song strays more than 5 ¢: the tightest Deftones album.

11 songs

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. Swerve City

    Drop EMeasured

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  2. 2. Romantic Dreams

    Drop EMeasured

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  3. 3. Leathers

    Drop EMeasured

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  4. 4. Poltergeist

    Drop EMeasured

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  5. 5. Entombed

    Drop EMeasured

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    Notes

    The most-viewed tab writes Carpenter's part for an eight-string in F♯ Standard, while an Ultimate Guitar tab and the album use Drop E; the clean part may simply not touch the low string.

  6. 6. Graphic Nature

    Drop EMeasured

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  7. 7. Tempest

    Drop EMeasured

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  8. 8. Gauze

    Drop EMeasured

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  9. 9. Rosemary

    Drop EMeasured

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  10. 10. Goon Squad

    Drop EMeasured

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  11. 11. What Happened to You?

    Drop EMeasured

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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 Koi No Yokan in?

Deftones recorded Koi No Yokan (2012) in Drop E at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Every song uses it.