Pink Floyd · Wish You Were Here · song 1
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V) tuning.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V) (Pink Floyd, 1975) is in E Standard, about 10 cents flat (A ≈ 437), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Song tuning
E Standard −10 ¢
About 10 cents flat (A ≈ 437).
Measured by TuneLit
10 ¢ flat
The album's value, measured on the CD: Tune moves every string −10 ¢.
Pink Floyd · Wish You Were Here · 1975
About Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V)
The opening of Wish You Were Here (1975), a long tribute to Syd Barrett. Richard Wright's keyboards set the scene, then David Gilmour's four-note guitar theme and his Strat solos follow, in G minor and in standard tuning.
TuneLit measured a later Japanese CD (Toshiba-EMI TOCP-65560) at about 10 ¢ flat (A ≈ 437.6) for the album. This track reads about 7 ¢ flat, at modest confidence, and its first half closer to 5 ¢ flat; that is close enough to share the album's setting, so Tune opens standard tuning −10 ¢. A difference of a few cents here is hard to hear.
Two things to know. The steel guitar in open G6 (D G D G B E) belongs to Part VI, on the album's last track, not to this one. And TuneLit's audio check could not settle the low string on this track, but every source says standard tuning, so that is what is listed.
Tip: Check your tuning against Gilmour's four-note theme when it enters, not against the long keyboard opening.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, every string −10 ¢, the notes Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V) was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V) sits 10 cents flat on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much sharp against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V) 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 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V) 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 −10 ¢. Choose E Standard at A 440 and Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V) moves up 10 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 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V) in?
E Standard −10 ¢: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.