Pink Floyd · Meddle · song 6
Echoes tuning.
Echoes (Pink Floyd, 1971) is in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
At concert pitch
Measured on this song itself.
Pink Floyd · Meddle · 1971
About Echoes
The 23-minute piece that fills the second side of Meddle (1971), opening with a single repeated piano note. David Gilmour's guitar parts, slides included, are in standard tuning.
TuneLit measured a 2009 Japanese CD (EMI Music Japan TOCP-53806), not a first pressing. The album sits about 7 ¢ flat (A ≈ 438.3), but Echoes' own value comes from its opening minutes, which sit at concert pitch (about 2 ¢ sharp), so Tune opens standard tuning at A 440.
Echoes is not one pitch, though. Read in sections, the sung verses come out about 20 ¢ lower than the opening, the long middle section returns to concert pitch, and the closing section sits about 10 ¢ low. If the verses sound sour at A 440, try A 435, and move back up for the middle. TuneLit's audio check could not settle the low string, but every tab keeps standard tuning.
Tip: Start at A 440, drop the reference to about A 435 for the sung verses, and go back to 440 for the long middle section.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, the notes Echoes was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Echoes sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play Echoes 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 Echoes instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in E Standard. Choose E Standard at A 440 and Echoes moves down 2 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 Echoes in?
E Standard: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.