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Foo Fighters · 2017 · Studio album

Concrete and Gold tuning.

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

Concrete and Gold album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

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

MeasuredCommunity

Tune like thisPlay alongAll 11 songs

Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, RCA 88985-45601-2+0.6 ¢A 440.211−0.6 to +3.5 ¢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).

Produced by Greg Kurstin, the band's heaviest-sounding record in years, still in E Standard throughout according to the tabs.

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. T-Shirt

    E StandardMeasured

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  2. 2. Run

    E StandardMeasured

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  3. 3. Make It Right

    E StandardMeasured

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  4. 4. The Sky Is a Neighborhood

    E StandardMeasured

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  5. 5. La Dee Da

    E StandardMeasured

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  6. 6. Dirty Water

    E StandardMeasured

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  7. 7. Arrows

    E StandardMeasured

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  8. 8. Happy Ever After (Zero Hour)

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    An acoustic song with no published tab; it follows the album's E Standard here.

  9. 9. Sunday Rain

    E StandardMeasured

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    Notes

    Sung by Taylor Hawkins, with Paul McCartney on drums.

  10. 10. The Line

    E StandardMeasured

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  11. 11. Concrete and Gold

    E StandardMeasured

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    Notes

    Bass players need Drop D; guitarists stay in E Standard.

    The guitars are tabbed in E Standard, but the bass tab drops its low string to D, and the audio hears that low D clearly.

    Bass: Bass Drop D Tune bass

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 Concrete and Gold in?

Foo Fighters recorded Concrete and Gold (2017) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Every song uses it.