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Napalm Death · 2009 · Studio album

Time Waits for No Slave tuning.

D Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. All 14 songs use it.

Time Waits for No Slave album cover

Album tuning

D Standard +4 ¢

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

MeasuredCommunity

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Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, Toy's Factory TFCK-87461 (Japan)+4.1 ¢A 44114+1.8 to +4.9 ¢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: D Standard, with no pitch given (community).

D Standard throughout, by every tab we found. The CD measures about 4 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 441), and TuneLit's semitone check agrees with D on 10 of the 14 songs.

14 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. Strong-Arm

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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  2. 2. Diktat

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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  3. 3. Work to Rule

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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  4. 4. On the Brink of Extinction

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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  5. 5. Time Waits for No Slave

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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  6. 6. Life and Limb

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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  7. 7. Downbeat Clique

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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  8. 8. Fallacy Dominion

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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  9. 9. Passive Tense

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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  10. 10. Larceny of the Heart

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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  11. 11. Procrastination on the Empty Vessel

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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  12. 12. Feeling Redundant

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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  13. 13. A No-Sided Argument

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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  14. 14. De-Evolution Ad Nauseum

    D Standard +4 ¢Measured

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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.
Community
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 Time Waits for No Slave in?

Napalm Death recorded Time Waits for No Slave (2009) in D Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Every song uses it.