Foo Fighters · One by One · song 1
All My Life tuning.
All My Life (Foo Fighters, 2002) is in E Standard, about 10 cents flat (A ≈ 437), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
10 ¢ flat
The album's value, measured on the CD: Tune moves every string −10 ¢.
Foo Fighters · One by One · 2002
About All My Life
All My Life opens One by One (2002) and is in E Standard in the main tabs; only one little-used tab drops String 6 to D. That matters on this album, because about half of One by One is in Drop D (Low, Halo, Overdrive, Burn Away), but All My Life is not one of those songs.
One by One is the flattest Foo Fighters album, and All My Life sits right on its value: TuneLit measured the song about 10 cents flat, the same as the CD as a whole (A ≈ 437.4). A guitar tuned to A 440 sounds slightly sharp against the record. Tune sets the tuner 10 cents down so your chords lock in. A measurement can't tell why the record is low, a slow tape or a low tuning, only where it sits.
TuneLit's audio check could not settle the semitone on its own for this song, so the E Standard rests on the main tabs. If your guitar sounds slightly sour while every fret is right, it is the 10 cents, not your playing.
Tip: Tap Tune for −10 ¢ before the song starts; at plain A 440 the guitar sits audibly sharp of the record.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, every string −10 ¢, the notes All My Life was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. All My Life sits 10 cents flat on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much sharp against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play All My Life along with the record: its lowest open note and your String 6 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 All My Life instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in E Standard −10 ¢. Choose E Standard at A 440 and All My Life moves up 10 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 All My Life in?
E Standard −10 ¢: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.