TUNELIT

Linkin Park · 2012 · Studio album

Living Things tuning.

Drop D at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 5 of 12 songs are tuned differently.

Living Things album cover

Album tuning

Drop D

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

MeasuredFrom tabs

Tune like thisPlay alongAll 12 songs

Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
MP3 copy (320 kbps), Warner Bros. 2012−0.8 ¢A 439.812−2.9 to +0.1 ¢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: Drop D, with no pitch given (community).

Half Drop D, half E Standard, plus Powerless in Drop C♯. The MP3 copy of the CD sits at concert pitch (−0.8 ¢), every song within about 6 ¢ of it.

12 songs · 5 tuned differently

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. Lost in the Echo

    Drop DMeasured

    Tune Play along

  2. 2. In My Remains

    Drop DMeasured

    Tune Play along

  3. 3. Burn It Down

    Drop DMeasured

    Tune Play along

  4. 4. Lies Greed Misery

    Drop DMeasured

    Tune Play along

  5. 5. I'll Be Gone

    Different tuning

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    How to get there from the album's Drop D: String 6 up a whole step (D → E); the other strings stay.

    E Standard on the Songsterr tab.

  6. 6. Castle of Glass

    Different tuning

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    How to get there from the album's Drop D: String 6 up a whole step (D → E); the other strings stay.

    TuneLit's audio check agrees with E Standard.

    E Standard on the Songsterr tab.

  7. 7. Victimized

    Drop DMeasured

    Tune Play along

  8. 8. Roads Untraveled

    Different tuning

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    How to get there from the album's Drop D: String 6 up a whole step (D → E); the other strings stay.

    TuneLit's audio check leans to E♭ (0.95), with a low B under the E on the record; no tab or source names E♭, so the tabs' E Standard stays. If it sounds a half step off, try E♭.

    E Standard on the Songsterr tab.

  9. 9. Skin to Bone

    Drop DMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    Built on synths and programmed beats; no guitar tab exists. Listed in the album's tuning.

  10. 10. Until It Breaks

    Drop DMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    An electronic track with no guitar tab. Listed in the album's tuning.

  11. 11. Tinfoil

    Different tuning

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    How to get there from the album's Drop D: String 6 up a whole step (D → E); the other strings stay.

    A short instrumental; tabbed in E Standard.

  12. 12. Powerless

    Different tuning

    Drop C♯Measured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    How to get there from the album's Drop D: Every string down a half step.

    TuneLit's audio check agrees with C♯.

    Back in Drop C♯ on the Songsterr tab.

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 Living Things in?

Linkin Park recorded Living Things (2012) in Drop D at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. I'll Be Gone, Castle of Glass, Roads Untraveled and Tinfoil use E Standard; Powerless uses Drop C♯.