Pantera · Far Beyond Driven · song 4
I'm Broken tuning.
I'm Broken (Pantera, 1994) is in D Standard at A 429, about 44 cents flat, measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
44 ¢ flat
The album's value, measured on the CD: Tune sets the reference A to 429.
Pantera · Far Beyond Driven · 1994
About I'm Broken
I'm Broken, from Far Beyond Driven (1994), is built on a churning, mid-tempo riff in D Standard (D G C F A D), every string a whole step down. Dime said in 1994 that the album mixed regular tuning with songs down to D, and this is one of the D songs: the main tab and Guitar World agree.
TuneLit measured the album about 44 ¢ flat (A ≈ 428.9) on the CD. I'm Broken reads a little higher, about 36 ¢ flat, but not far enough from the album to get its own setting, so its Tune button sets D Standard at A 429. If long notes still beat against the record, nudge Fine-tune up a few cents.
Alternate tabs in E Standard, C♯ Standard and Drop D also circulate. The audio backs the main one: TuneLit's check hears D as the lowest open string, with high confidence. A Drop D tab lowers only String 6, so its fingering differs from the main tab; for playing along, follow the D Standard tab.
Tip: Use D Standard at A 429 and check your open low D against the main riff; nudge Fine-tune up a few cents if it still sounds flat.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to D Standard at A 429, the notes I'm Broken was recorded in.
- From E Standard: Every string down a whole step. No tuner that knows D Standard? Clamp a capo across fret 2, tune to E Standard as usual, then take it off: every string drops to D 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. I'm Broken sits 44 cents flat on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much sharp against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play I'm Broken 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 I'm Broken instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in D Standard at A 429. Choose E Standard at A 440 and I'm Broken moves up 2 half steps and 44 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 I'm Broken in?
D Standard at A 429: D G C F A D, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.