Pink Floyd · The Wall · song 5
Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) tuning.
Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) (Pink Floyd, 1979) is in E Standard, about 11 cents sharp (A ≈ 443), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
11 ¢ sharp
The album's value, measured on the original LP: Tune moves every string +11 ¢.
Pink Floyd · The Wall · 1979
About Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
The hit single from The Wall (1979), with a steady dance beat, a children's choir and a David Gilmour solo. It is in D minor, and every guitar part is in plain standard tuning.
TuneLit measured an original Japanese double LP (CBS/Sony 40AP 1750~1) whose running time matches the CD within 0.1 %, so the speed is right. The album sits about 11 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 442.8), and this song about 13 ¢ sharp, close enough to share the album's setting: Tune opens standard tuning +11 ¢. At plain A 440 your guitar sounds slightly flat against the record.
TuneLit's audio check points to F here, a known mistake on songs that rarely ring the open low E, where the first fret wins. Every tab and source says standard tuning, so nothing moved. If you play the album through, watch the songs that sit much sharper: In the Flesh? about 39 ¢, Hey You about 26 ¢.
Tip: Tune with the button (+11 ¢) rather than by ear to the record, since the song barely sounds an open low E to compare with.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, every string +11 ¢, the notes Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) sits 11 cents sharp on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much flat against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) 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 Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) 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 +11 ¢. Choose E Standard at A 440 and Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) moves down 11 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 Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) in?
E Standard +11 ¢: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.