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Deftones · 2006 · Studio album

Saturday Night Wrist tuning.

Drop F♯ at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 1 of 12 songs are tuned differently.

Saturday Night Wrist album cover

Album tuning

Drop F♯

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

MeasuredOfficial

Tune like thisPlay alongAll 12 songs

String 7 sits 5 half steps below its standard B1. On a normal set (.059) it keeps only about 55 % of its usual tension and feels loose. For the usual feel use about a .079 string, or a baritone guitar.

Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, Maverick 43239-2 (US, 2006)+2.4 ¢A 440.612+1.5 to +3.3 ¢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 F♯, with no pitch given (official).

Carpenter kept the G♯ seven-string and dropped its low string to F♯: F♯ C♯ F♯ B E G♯ C♯ (Drop F♯). Beware is tabbed with the low string left at G♯. Chino Moreno's second guitar is tabbed in Drop D on Hole in the Earth, Cherry Waves and Xerces and in Drop C on Beware and Rivière. The US CD sits at concert pitch (about 2 ¢ sharp) and every song lands within 8 ¢ of it; the clean European edition and the Japanese CD agree within a cent. The audio check agrees with the low F♯ on six songs and the G♯ of Beware.

12 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. Hole in the Earth

    Drop F♯Measured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    The most-viewed tab is Chino Moreno's part in Drop D; Carpenter's seven-string is tabbed in the album's F♯ tuning.

  2. 2. Rapture

    Drop F♯Measured

    Tune Play along

  3. 3. Beware

    Different tuning

    G♯ StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    How to get there from the album's Drop F♯: String 7 up a whole step (F♯ → G♯); the other strings stay.

    Carpenter's part is tabbed with the seven-string in G♯ Standard (the low string not dropped); Chino Moreno's guitar is tabbed in Drop C.

  4. 4. Cherry Waves

    Drop F♯Measured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    The most-viewed tab is Chino Moreno's part in Drop D; Carpenter's seven-string is tabbed in the album's F♯ tuning.

  5. 5. Mein

    Drop F♯Measured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    Serj Tankian of System of a Down sings on it.

  6. 6. U,U,D,D,L,R,L,R,A,B,Select,Start

    Drop F♯Measured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    An instrumental; its only tab, a low-view transcription, is written in E Standard with the bass in Drop D.

  7. 7. Xerces

    Drop F♯Measured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    Chino Moreno's clean part is tabbed in Drop D; Carpenter's seven-string in the album's F♯ tuning.

  8. 8. Rats!Rats!Rats!

    Drop F♯Measured

    Tune Play along

  9. 9. Pink Cellphone

    Drop F♯Measured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    Annie Hardy guests on it. No tab exists, and the low F♯ never sounds in TuneLit's audio, so the album's tuning is a default.

  10. 10. Combat

    Drop F♯Measured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    Chino Moreno's part is tabbed in E Standard; Carpenter's seven-string in the album's F♯ tuning.

  11. 11. Kimdracula

    Drop F♯Measured

    Tune Play along

  12. 12. Rivière

    Drop F♯Measured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    Chino Moreno's part is tabbed in Drop C; Carpenter's seven-string in the album's F♯ tuning.

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 Saturday Night Wrist in?

Deftones recorded Saturday Night Wrist (2006) in Drop F♯ at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Beware uses G♯ Standard.