Megadeth · 2011 · Studio album

Th1rt3en tuning.

E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. All 13 songs use it.

Th1rt3en album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

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

MeasuredFrom tabs

Tune like thisPlay alongAll 13 songs

Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
Digital release, Roadrunner (2011)−3.8 ¢A 43913−4.4 to −2.6 ¢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: E Standard, with no pitch given (community).

The last album in standard tuning: E Standard, 0 to 7 ¢ flat, effectively concert pitch.

13 songs

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. Sudden Death

    E StandardMeasured

  2. 2. Public Enemy No. 1

    E StandardMeasured

  3. 3. Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)

    E StandardMeasured

  4. 4. We the People

    E StandardMeasured

  5. 5. Guns, Drugs, & Money

    E StandardMeasured

  6. 6. Never Dead

    E StandardMeasured

  7. 7. New World Order

    E StandardMeasured

  8. 8. Fast Lane

    E StandardMeasured

  9. 9. Black Swan

    E StandardMeasured

  10. 10. Wrecker

    E StandardMeasured

  11. 11. Millennium of the Blind

    E StandardMeasured

  12. 12. Deadly Nightshade

    E StandardMeasured

  13. 13. 13

    E StandardMeasured

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 Th1rt3en in?

Megadeth recorded Th1rt3en (2011) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Every song uses it.