Iron Maiden · The Number of the Beast · song 8
Hallowed Be Thy Name tuning.
Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden, 1982) 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.
Iron Maiden · The Number of the Beast · 1982
About Hallowed Be Thy Name
Hallowed Be Thy Name closes The Number of the Beast (1982): a slow, brooding opening, then a long gallop and some of the band's most famous harmony leads, over seven minutes in all. It is in E Standard and stays close to E. In Songsterr's transcription Adrian Smith's main part centres on the E at the 7th fret of String 5 and the B at the 9th fret of String 4, and Steve Harris's bass spends four notes in ten on the E at the 7th fret of his A string, with D and C on the same string below it.
TuneLit measured the album at about 2 ¢ sharp on the 1995 two-disc reissue, concert pitch, and this song reads about 4 ¢ high, within the same margin. Tune sets plain E Standard at A 440, and TuneLit's check from the audio agrees that the low string is E.
The harmony leads are the test: two guitars playing the same line at different pitches, so a few cents between you and the record turn into a slow wobble. Both the Smith and the Murray parts in the tab use the open low E for the heavy accents, about eighty-five times each, which makes String 6 easy to check in the middle of the song. Tune up, then play the first harmony phrase along with the record before you work on the rest.
Tip: Tune to A 440, then hold the open low E against one of the heavy accents in the gallop to confirm String 6.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, the notes Hallowed Be Thy Name was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Hallowed Be Thy Name sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play Hallowed Be Thy Name 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 Hallowed Be Thy Name 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. Choose E Standard at A 440 and Hallowed Be Thy Name moves down 2 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 Hallowed Be Thy Name in?
E Standard: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.