Green Day · Warning · song 11
Minority tuning.
Minority (Green Day, 2000) is in E Standard 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: Tune moves every string +4 ¢.
Green Day · Warning · 2000
About Minority
Minority, the lead single from Warning (2000), is an up-tempo song with a big singalong chorus. It is in E Standard on Songsterr's main tab, guitars and bass, and TuneLit's audio check confirms the open low E.
TuneLit measured the Warning CD about 4 cents sharp (A ≈ 441.1), and Minority sits right on that value. Tune sets E Standard 4 cents up, which most ears will hear as concert pitch: a guitar at A 440 will match it well enough for casual playing along. If you play Warning straight through, note that Misery and Waiting, earlier on the album, are a half step down: retune before Minority.
Live versions are a different matter. On the band's 2024 tour, the crew described raising a bass from C♯ to E♭ for Minority, which means the song was played a half step below the record. For a recent concert video, try E♭ Standard; for the album, stay in E. The same 2024 rundown lists a red semi-hollow guitar with a piezo pickup for this song on stage, so the live guitar sound can differ from the record as well.
Tip: For Warning, tune to E Standard at about A 441; for a 2024 concert video, drop every string a half step to E♭.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, every string +4 ¢, the notes Minority was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Minority sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play Minority 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 Minority 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 +4 ¢. Choose E Standard at A 440 and Minority moves down 4 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 Minority in?
E Standard +4 ¢: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.