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Foo Fighters · 2023 · Studio album

But Here We Are tuning.

E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 1 of 10 songs are tuned differently.

But Here We Are album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

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

MeasuredCommunity

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Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, RCA 19658-81783-2+0.4 ¢A 440.110−1.6 to +2.1 ¢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: E Standard, with no pitch given (community).

The first album after Taylor Hawkins's death, with Grohl playing the drums again. Mostly E Standard; Rest, the closer, is in Drop D, and The Teacher uses a double-neck guitar with a capo on one neck.

10 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. Rescued

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  2. 2. Under You

    E StandardMeasured

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  3. 3. Hearing Voices

    E StandardMeasured

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  4. 4. But Here We Are

    E StandardMeasured

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  5. 5. The Glass

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  6. 6. Nothing at All

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  7. 7. Show Me How

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    Grohl sings it with his daughter Violet.

  8. 8. Beyond Me

    E StandardMeasured

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  9. 9. The Teacher

    E StandardMeasured

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    Notes

    Ten minutes long. The tab gives Grohl a double-neck guitar, one neck in plain E Standard and the other with a capo at the 7th fret.

  10. 10. Rest

    Different tuning

    Drop DMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    How to get there from the album's E Standard: String 6 down a whole step (E → D); the other strings stay.

    Tabbed in Drop D for every guitar part and the bass; the low D is the most common bass note in the audio.

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.
Community
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 But Here We Are in?

Foo Fighters recorded But Here We Are (2023) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Rest uses Drop D.