Nirvana · 1992 · Compilation
Incesticide tuning.
E Standard at concert pitch (A 440). 7 of 15 songs are tuned differently.
Not measured yet
TuneLit has not measured this record. The tuning comes from community sources, at concert pitch unless they say otherwise.
Recordings from four years in one place, so the tuning changes with the source. Five songs from the January 1988 demo with Dale Crover (Beeswax, Downer, Mexican Seafood, Hairspray Queen, Aero Zeppelin) are tabbed a half step down, like Floyd the Barber and Paper Cuts on Bleach. Stain and the BBC version of Been a Son are in Drop D. Everything else, including the 1990–91 singles and BBC sessions, is in E Standard. TuneLit has not measured this album.
15 songs · 7 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
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1. Dive
E StandardCommunity
Notes
B-side of Sliver, from the April 1990 Smart Studios session.
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2. Sliver
E StandardCommunity
Notes
E Standard on the main tab. A Songsterr version in E♭ is a simplified copy, not another reading of the record.
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3. Stain
Different tuning
Drop DCommunity
Notes
How to get there from the album's E Standard: String 6 down a whole step (E → D); the other strings stay.
First released on the Blew EP (1989). Both guitar parts of the tab are in Drop D.
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4. Been a Son
Different tuning
Drop DCommunity
Notes
How to get there from the album's E Standard: String 6 down a whole step (E → D); the other strings stay.
This is the November 1991 BBC session version; tabs of it and of the original Blew EP version are both in Drop D.
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5. Turnaround
E StandardCommunity
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6. Molly's Lips
E StandardCommunity
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7. Son of a Gun
E StandardCommunity
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8. (New Wave) Polly
E StandardCommunity
Notes
A fast electric take from a November 1991 BBC session, tabbed in E Standard like the Nevermind version.
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9. Beeswax
Different tuning
E♭ StandardCommunity
Notes
How to get there from the album's E Standard: Every string down a half step.
From the January 1988 demo session with Dale Crover; tabbed in E♭ Standard like the rest of that session.
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10. Downer
Different tuning
E♭ StandardCommunity
Notes
How to get there from the album's E Standard: Every string down a half step.
January 1988 demo session; first released on the CD of Bleach. Tabbed in E♭ Standard.
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11. Mexican Seafood
Different tuning
E♭ StandardCommunity
Notes
How to get there from the album's E Standard: Every string down a half step.
January 1988 demo session; tabbed in E♭ Standard.
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12. Hairspray Queen
Different tuning
E♭ StandardCommunity
Notes
How to get there from the album's E Standard: Every string down a half step.
January 1988 demo session; tabbed in E♭ Standard.
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13. Aero Zeppelin
Different tuning
E♭ StandardCommunity
Notes
How to get there from the album's E Standard: Every string down a half step.
January 1988 demo session; tabbed in E♭ Standard.
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14. Big Long Now
E StandardCommunity
Notes
An outtake from the Bleach sessions, tabbed in E Standard.
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15. Aneurysm
E StandardCommunity
Notes
The November 1991 BBC session version, not the B-side of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Both are tabbed in E Standard.
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 Incesticide in?
Nirvana recorded Incesticide (1992) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), from community sources. 7 songs use other tunings or pitches, listed song by song on this page.