Deftones · Saturday Night Wrist · song 4
Cherry Waves tuning.
Cherry Waves (Deftones, 2006) is in Drop F♯ 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 · Saturday Night Wrist · 2006
About Cherry Waves
Cherry Waves, from Saturday Night Wrist (2006), is a slow, swelling song and the most-tabbed song on the album. A clean, chiming guitar figure carries the verses and opens up into a heavy, sustained chorus. For this album Stephen Carpenter dropped the low string of his G♯ seven-string to F♯, giving F♯ C♯ F♯ B E G♯ C♯, and TuneLit lists the song in that tuning with his part.
TuneLit measured the US CD at concert pitch (about 2 ¢ sharp), and Cherry Waves reads about 1 ¢ sharp, so its Tune button is plain Drop F♯ on the seven-string at A 440. TuneLit's check from the audio could not confirm the low F♯, because other low notes dominate the song.
Those notes belong to the part most players learn: Chino Moreno's guitar, tabbed in Drop D (D A D G B E) in the most-viewed transcription, with the bass in Drop D too. Another tab writes it in Drop C, but the CD's low notes sit on D and A and almost never on C, which fits Drop D. So on a six-string, Drop D at A 440 is the practical choice; on a seven-string, tune to Carpenter's Drop F♯ for his heavier layer.
Tip: For Chino's part, tune a six-string to Drop D at A 440 and check the open low D against the bass in the chorus.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to Drop F♯, the notes Cherry Waves was recorded in.
- From B Standard: String 7 down 5 half steps (B → F♯), String 6 down 3 half steps (E → C♯), String 5 down 3 half steps (A → F♯), String 4 down 3 half steps (D → B), String 3 down 3 half steps (G → E), String 2 down 3 half steps (B → G♯), String 1 down 3 half steps (E → C♯).
- 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.
- Turn String 7 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Cherry Waves sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play Cherry Waves along with the record: its lowest open note and your String 7 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 Cherry Waves instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in Drop F♯. Choose Drop A at A 440 and Cherry Waves moves up 2 half steps and 98 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 Cherry Waves in?
Drop F♯: F♯ C♯ F♯ B E G♯ C♯, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.