Foo Fighters · 2005 · Studio album
In Your Honor tuning.
E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 2 of 20 songs are tuned differently.
Album tuning
E Standard
At concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD.
MeasuredCommunity
Measured by TuneLit
At concert pitch
| Source | Offset | Equivalent A | Songs | Spread | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2CD, BMG Japan BVCM-35133/4 | −3.2 ¢ | A 439.2 | 20 | −7.1 to −0.7 ¢ | High |
Before we measured, sources said: E Standard, with no pitch given (community).
A double album: a loud rock disc (tracks 1–10) and a quiet, mostly acoustic disc (tracks 11–20), recorded on analog tape. Almost everything is tabbed in E Standard; Razor, the acoustic closer, is in Drop D, and on Hell the bass drops to D under E Standard guitars. On the CD the songs split in two: about half sit at concert pitch and half 5 to 8 ¢ flat, so the album value lands between them, about 3 ¢ flat (A ≈ 439.2). The Deepest Blues Are Black sits about 7 ¢ sharp instead.
20 songs · 2 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
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1. In Your Honor
E StandardMeasured
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2. No Way Back
E StandardMeasured
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3. Best of You
E StandardMeasured
Notes
E Standard in every main tab.
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4. DOA
E StandardMeasured
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5. Hell
E StandardMeasured
Notes
Bass players need Drop D here; guitarists stay in E Standard.
The guitars are tabbed in E Standard, playing mostly on the open D string, while the bass tab drops its low string to D. The audio agrees: the low D is by far the most common bass note.
Bass: Bass Drop D Tune bass
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6. The Last Song
E StandardMeasured
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7. Free Me
E StandardMeasured
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8. Resolve
E StandardMeasured
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9. The Deepest Blues Are Black
Different pitch
E Standard +7 ¢Measured
Notes
Measured about 7 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 441.8), 10 ¢ above the album value.
Both discs are tabbed almost entirely in E Standard, the loud songs (Best of You, DOA, No Way Back) and the acoustic ones (Friend of a Friend, Virginia Moon) alike.
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10. End Over End
E StandardMeasured
Notes
The tab is in E Standard, but the audio never hears the open low E and hears a low D instead, so the bass probably drops to D, as on Hell.
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11. Still
E StandardMeasured
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12. What If I Do?
E StandardMeasured
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13. Miracle
E StandardMeasured
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14. Another Round
E StandardMeasured
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15. Friend of a Friend
E StandardMeasured
Notes
Grohl wrote it alone on an acoustic in 1990, years before the band.
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16. Over and Out
E StandardMeasured
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17. On the Mend
E StandardMeasured
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18. Virginia Moon
E StandardMeasured
Notes
A bossa nova duet with Norah Jones.
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19. Cold Day in the Sun
E StandardMeasured
Notes
Written and sung by Taylor Hawkins.
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20. Razor
Different tuning
Drop DMeasured
Notes
How to get there from the album's E Standard: String 6 down a whole step (E → D); the other strings stay.
Josh Homme plays the second acoustic guitar.
The main tab of the acoustic part is in Drop D, and the audio hears the low D more than any other bass note.
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 In Your Honor in?
Foo Fighters recorded In Your Honor (2005) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. The Deepest Blues Are Black uses E Standard +7 ¢; Razor uses Drop D.