Led Zeppelin · Led Zeppelin III · song 1
Immigrant Song tuning.
Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin, 1970) 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.
Led Zeppelin · Led Zeppelin III · 1970
About Immigrant Song
The opening track of Led Zeppelin III (1970), a short, galloping riff song with Robert Plant's wail over it. It is plain E Standard, like all the electric songs on the album; the acoustic side is where Page's open tunings arrive.
TuneLit measured an original 1980s Atlantic CD of the album (not remastered) at about 2 ¢ sharp, which counts as concert pitch, and Immigrant Song reads the same, about 2 ¢ sharp, though with modest confidence. Tune opens E Standard at A 440. TuneLit's audio check agrees that the open low E sits where it should.
Led Zeppelin III does not sit at one pitch: Gallows Pole is about 31 ¢ sharp and Tangerine about 43 ¢ flat. If you play the album through, set the tuner for each song rather than keeping this one's setting.
Tip: Tune to plain E Standard at A 440 before you press play: at under two and a half minutes, the song gives you no quiet stretch to fix it.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, the notes Immigrant Song was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Immigrant Song sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play Immigrant Song 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 Immigrant Song 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 Immigrant Song 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 Immigrant Song in?
E Standard: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.