Korn · Life Is Peachy · song 11
A.D.I.D.A.S. tuning.
A.D.I.D.A.S. (Korn, 1996) is in A Standard, about 8 cents sharp (A ≈ 442), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Song tuning
A Standard +8 ¢
About 8 cents sharp (A ≈ 442).
Tune like thisPlay alongLife Is Peachy
Bass: 5-string bass A Standard +8 ¢ Tune bass
Measured by TuneLit
8 ¢ sharp
The album's value, measured on the CD: Tune moves every string +8 ¢.
Korn · Life Is Peachy · 1996
About A.D.I.D.A.S.
A.D.I.D.A.S. was a single from Life Is Peachy (1996), a short, bouncing song with one of Korn's catchiest riffs. Like the rest of the album it is in the band's 7-string tuning, A D G C F A D. Munky's Songsterr part is unusual for Korn: two fifths of its notes sit high on String 2 and String 3, around A and G♯, many of them bent, while down on String 7 the open A swaps with the B♭ one fret above it.
TuneLit measured Life Is Peachy about 8 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 441.9), and A.D.I.D.A.S. reads close to that, about 10 ¢ high. The whole album is hard to measure, so take the offset as a guide rather than an exact value. TuneLit's check from the audio agrees that the lowest open string is the A.
Because the riff rubs a half step between the open string and the first fret, a guitar that is a few cents off makes that rub sound wider than it should. Get the open A right before you work on the bends, and use a light touch: on slack, detuned strings the bent notes go sharp quickly.
Tip: Tune to A Standard +8 ¢, then play the open A against the first fret of String 7 and listen for a clean half step.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to A Standard, every string +8 ¢, the notes A.D.I.D.A.S. was recorded in.
- From B Standard: Every string down a whole step. No tuner that knows A Standard? Clamp a capo across fret 2, tune to B Standard as usual, then take it off: every string drops to A Standard. Check each string again afterwards, since a capo pulls the strings a little sharp.
- Turn String 7 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. A.D.I.D.A.S. sits 8 cents sharp on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much flat against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play A.D.I.D.A.S. along with the record: its lowest open note and your String 7 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 A.D.I.D.A.S. instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in A Standard +8 ¢. Choose B Standard at A 440 and A.D.I.D.A.S. moves up a half step and 93 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 A.D.I.D.A.S. in?
A Standard +8 ¢: A D G C F A D, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.