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Led Zeppelin · Led Zeppelin III · song 4

Since I've Been Loving You tuning.

Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin, 1970) is in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit from the record.

Led Zeppelin III album cover

Song tuning

E Standard

At concert pitch (A 440).

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Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

The album's value, measured on the CD.

Led Zeppelin · Led Zeppelin III · 1970

About Since I've Been Loving You

The slow blues of Led Zeppelin III (1970), in C minor, with Page's long solo in plain E Standard. There is no bass guitar: John Paul Jones plays organ and takes the bass line on its pedals.

TuneLit measured an original 1980s Atlantic CD of the album (not remastered) at concert pitch. This song reads about 5 ¢ sharp, close enough to share the album's setting, so Tune opens E Standard at A 440. The next song, Out on the Tiles, sits about 11 ¢ flat, so move the reference if you play on.

One quirk: TuneLit's audio check points to F here. That is a known mistake on songs that hardly play the open low E, where the first fret wins. The song lives in C minor, higher up the neck, and no source names any tuning but E Standard, so the listing stays.

Tip: Tune with the button before you play rather than by ear to the record: the song rarely sounds an open low E to compare with.

Step by step

Tune your guitar like the record

  1. Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, the notes Since I've Been Loving You was recorded in.
  2. Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Since I've Been Loving You sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
  3. Then play Since I've Been Loving You along with the record: its lowest open note and your String 6 should ring together without a wobble.

E Standard: notes and frequencies →

Or the other way round

Move the record into your tuning

Rather keep your guitar as it is? Let Play along move Since I've Been Loving You 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 Since I've Been Loving You 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 Since I've Been Loving You in?

E Standard: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.