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Linkin Park · 2014 · Studio album

The Hunting Party tuning.

Drop D at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 3 of 12 songs are tuned differently.

The Hunting Party 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. 2014−1.4 ¢A 439.612−3.9 to 0 ¢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).

A loud, guitar-led record and the most uniform of them all: Drop D on nine songs, E Standard on War and Drawbar, Drop C on Rebellion. The MP3 copy of the CD sits at concert pitch (−1.4 ¢), and TuneLit's audio check agrees with the tabs on eleven of the twelve tracks.

12 songs · 3 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. Keys to the Kingdom

    Drop DMeasured

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  2. 2. All for Nothing

    Drop DMeasured

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    Notes

    Featuring Page Hamilton of Helmet.

  3. 3. Guilty All the Same

    Drop DMeasured

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    Notes

    Featuring Rakim.

  4. 4. The Summoning

    Drop DMeasured

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    Notes

    A short instrumental interlude of noise and feedback; listed in the album's tuning.

  5. 5. War

    Different tuning

    E StandardMeasured

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    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.

    A punk song in E Standard; Linkinpedia notes a photo of Delson playing it on a Stratocaster in standard tuning, the only Hunting Party song in it at the time.

  6. 6. Wastelands

    Drop DMeasured

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  7. 7. Until It's Gone

    Drop DMeasured

    Tune Play along

  8. 8. Rebellion

    Different tuning

    Drop CMeasured

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    Notes

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

    TuneLit's audio check agrees with the low C.

    Featuring Daron Malakian of System of a Down, who plays in Drop C (C G C F A D) here; Delson's part is tabbed in the same tuning.

  9. 9. Mark the Graves

    Drop DMeasured

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  10. 10. Drawbar

    Different tuning

    E StandardMeasured

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    Notes

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

    An instrumental with Tom Morello; tabbed in E Standard.

  11. 11. Final Masquerade

    Drop DMeasured

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    Notes

    The record never sounds a low D: its lowest notes are A♭, E♭ and C. That is the blind spot of TuneLit's audio check, which then leans a half step up (E♭), so the tabs' Drop D stays.

  12. 12. A Line in the Sand

    Drop DMeasured

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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 The Hunting Party in?

Linkin Park recorded The Hunting Party (2014) in Drop D at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. War and Drawbar use E Standard; Rebellion uses Drop C.