Napalm Death · Inside the Torn Apart · song 1
Breed to Breathe tuning.
Breed to Breathe (Napalm Death, 1997) is in C♯ Standard, about 7 cents sharp (A ≈ 442), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Song tuning
C♯ Standard +7 ¢
About 7 cents sharp (A ≈ 442).
Measured by TuneLit
7 ¢ sharp
The album's value, measured on the CD: Tune moves every string +7 ¢.
Napalm Death · Inside the Torn Apart · 1997
About Breed to Breathe
The opener of Inside the Torn Apart (1997), from Napalm Death's C♯ years, with Mitch Harris and Jesse Pintado on guitar and Shane Embury on bass. It is in C♯ Standard, every string a step and a half down (C♯ F♯ B E G♯ C♯). The Songsterr tab, a Guitar Pro file and a bass tab all agree; the bass follows the guitars an octave down, C♯ F♯ B E.
TuneLit measured the CD about 7 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 442), the most confident reading of any Napalm Death album it measured. Breed to Breathe itself reads a little lower, about 3 ¢ sharp, too close to matter, so Tune uses the album's +7 ¢. A guitar at A 440 sounds only very slightly flat against it. TuneLit's semitone check from the audio hears the open low C♯ and agrees with the tabs.
Two things trip players up. Some Napalm Death files are written in E Standard or with a dropped string as a transcriber's shortcut, and played as written they come out a step and a half too high. And the band moved to D Standard in 2000, so a tab from the later albums is a half step off here. A step and a half down is also slack on a normal set; heavier strings keep the riffs tight.
Tip: Tune String 6 to C♯ and check it against the bass on the record, an octave below your open strings: if the two clash, you are a half step off.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to C♯ Standard, every string +7 ¢, the notes Breed to Breathe was recorded in.
- From E Standard: Every string down 3 half steps. No tuner that knows C♯ Standard? Clamp a capo across fret 3, tune to E Standard as usual, then take it off: every string drops to C♯ Standard. Check each string again afterwards, since a capo pulls the strings a little sharp.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Breed to Breathe sits 7 cents sharp on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much flat against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play Breed to Breathe along with the record: its lowest open note and your String 6 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 Breed to Breathe instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in C♯ Standard +7 ¢. Choose E Standard at A 440 and Breed to Breathe moves up 2 half steps and 93 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 Breed to Breathe in?
C♯ Standard +7 ¢: C♯ F♯ B E G♯ C♯, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.