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Pink Floyd · 1987 · Studio album

A Momentary Lapse of Reason tuning.

E Standard at concert pitch (A 440). All 10 songs use it.

A Momentary Lapse of Reason album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

At concert pitch (A 440).

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Not measured yet

TuneLit has not measured this record. The tuning comes from community sources, at concert pitch unless they say otherwise.

Not in the owner's library, so not measured. No source gives any song an alternate tuning; Sorrow's enormous intro is a re-amped guitar, not a low tuning.

10 songs

Every song, ready to tune

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  1. 1. Signs of Life

    E StandardCommunity

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  2. 2. Learning to Fly

    E StandardCommunity

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  3. 3. The Dogs of War

    E StandardCommunity

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  4. 4. One Slip

    E StandardCommunity

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  5. 5. On the Turning Away

    E StandardCommunity

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  6. 6. Yet Another Movie / Round and Around

    E StandardCommunity

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    Notes

    Standard tuning; the solo is a slide part (a lap steel according to Wikipedia).

  7. 7. A New Machine (Part 1)

    E StandardCommunity

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  8. 8. Terminal Frost

    E StandardCommunity

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  9. 9. A New Machine (Part 2)

    E StandardCommunity

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  10. 10. Sorrow

    E StandardCommunity

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    Notes

    Standard tuning. The huge intro tone comes from re-amping the guitar through a PA in an empty arena, not from a low tuning. Tony Levin plays a 5-string bass.

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 A Momentary Lapse of Reason in?

Pink Floyd recorded A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), from community sources. Every song uses it.