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Iron Maiden · 1998 · Studio album

Virtual XI tuning.

E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. All 8 songs use it.

Virtual XI album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

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

MeasuredFrom tabs

Tune like thisPlay alongAll 8 songs

Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD 1 of a 1998 two-disc edition, EMI0 ¢A 4408−1.5 to +0.2 ¢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).

Blaze Bayley's second and last album, again produced by Steve Harris and Nigel Green. E Standard at exactly concert pitch: every song reads within 3 ¢ of A 440. Futureal opens it fast and short; The Clansman, a nine-minute Harris epic with a clean, quiet start, stayed in the set after Bruce Dickinson returned; The Angel and the Gambler repeats its chorus for close to ten minutes, so it is a good long song to check your tuning against without stopping.

8 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. Futureal

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  2. 2. The Angel and the Gambler

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  3. 3. Lightning Strikes Twice

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  4. 4. The Clansman

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  5. 5. When Two Worlds Collide

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  6. 6. The Educated Fool

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  7. 7. Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  8. 8. Como Estais Amigos

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

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.
From tabs
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 Virtual XI in?

Iron Maiden recorded Virtual XI (1998) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Every song uses it.