Meshuggah · The Violent Sleep of Reason · song 2
Born in Dissonance tuning.
Born in Dissonance (Meshuggah, 2016) is in F Standard, about 6 cents flat (A ≈ 438), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Song tuning
F Standard −6 ¢
About 6 cents flat (A ≈ 438).
Measured by TuneLit
6 ¢ flat
Measured on this song itself: Tune moves every string −6 ¢.
Meshuggah · The Violent Sleep of Reason · 2016
About Born in Dissonance
The second track of The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016), the album the band recorded live in the studio, all five members playing at once. It is in the standing eight-string tuning, F B♭ E♭ A♭ D♭ G♭ B♭ E♭; Hagström played a custom shorter-scale eight-string on this record after shoulder trouble, without changing the tuning. Its riffs sit on the two lowest strings, as on most of the record.
The album sits about 4 ¢ sharp, practically concert pitch, but this song is the exception: TuneLit measured it about 6 ¢ flat (A ≈ 438.5), 10 ¢ below the rest, and gives it its own setting. The semitone check from the audio is unsure here; the tabs agree on F.
Six cents is easy to miss in a dense mix, but against long notes the difference between this song and the album turns into a slow beat. If you play the album through, the strings stay put; only the reference changes, so use this song's own button rather than the album's.
Tip: Use this song's Tune button, not the album's: it sets the F tuning 6 ¢ below A 440, 10 ¢ lower than the rest of the record.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to F Standard, every string −6 ¢, the notes Born in Dissonance was recorded in.
- From F♯ Standard: Every string down a half step. No tuner that knows F Standard? Clamp a capo across fret 1, tune to F♯ Standard as usual, then take it off: every string drops to F Standard. Check each string again afterwards, since a capo pulls the strings a little sharp.
- Turn String 8 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Born in Dissonance sits 6 cents flat on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much sharp against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play Born in Dissonance along with the record: its lowest open note and your String 8 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 Born in Dissonance instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in F Standard −6 ¢. Choose F♯ Standard at A 440 and Born in Dissonance moves up a half step and 6 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 Born in Dissonance in?
F Standard −6 ¢: F B♭ E♭ A♭ D♭ G♭ B♭ E♭, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.