Korn · See You on the Other Side · song 9
Coming Undone tuning.
Coming Undone (Korn, 2005) is in A Standard, about 14 cents sharp (A ≈ 444), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Song tuning
A Standard +14 ¢
About 14 cents sharp (A ≈ 444).
Tune like thisPlay alongSee You on the Other Side
Bass: 5-string bass A Standard +14 ¢ Tune bass
Measured by TuneLit
14 ¢ sharp
The album's value, measured on the CD: Tune moves every string +14 ¢.
Korn · See You on the Other Side · 2005
About Coming Undone
Coming Undone, from See You on the Other Side (2005), is built on a stomping, hand-clap beat with a tight, chugging riff on top. Munky's Songsterr part uses Korn's A D G C F A D, but it lives one string up from the usual place: String 6 carries more than 40 % of the notes, and the open A is almost absent, with the low string played mostly at frets 5, 6 and 8.
TuneLit measured the album about 14 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 443.5), so Tune opens A Standard +14 ¢. Coming Undone's own reading is higher, about 26 ¢, but with too little confidence to get a setting of its own; if the record still sounds sharp after tuning, raise the reference a few cents by ear.
Most tabs online agree with the A tuning; a few 6-string versions move it to D Standard, which works well here because the riff rarely needs the low A. That makes Coming Undone one of the easiest Korn songs to play on a regular guitar.
Tip: Tune to A Standard +14 ¢, then fine-tune String 6 (D) by ear against the verse riff, where most of the notes are.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to A Standard, every string +14 ¢, the notes Coming Undone 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. Coming Undone sits 14 cents sharp on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much flat against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play Coming Undone 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 Coming Undone 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 +14 ¢. Choose B Standard at A 440 and Coming Undone moves up a half step and 86 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 Coming Undone in?
A Standard +14 ¢: A D G C F A D, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.