Queens of the Stone Age · Era Vulgaris · song 8
3's & 7's tuning.
3's & 7's (Queens of the Stone Age, 2007) is in C Standard, about 6 cents sharp (A ≈ 442), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
6 ¢ sharp
Measured on this song itself: Tune moves every string +6 ¢.
Queens of the Stone Age · Era Vulgaris · 2007
About 3's & 7's
3's & 7's, a single from Era Vulgaris (2007), is one of three songs on the album that stay in the old C Standard (C F B♭ E♭ G C). Songsterr's main tab tunes the guitars, the lap steel and the bass two whole steps down, and one UG transcriber notes that the low notes of the bridge only come out right in C.
TuneLit measured the album about 6 cents sharp (A ≈ 441.5), and Tune uses that value here; the song itself reads about 1 cent sharp. The audio check of the low string leaned towards C♯, a half step up, but this song rarely plays its open low C, which is the check's known weak spot, and no tab names C♯, so the database keeps C Standard.
The most-voted UG tab is an E Standard version made for convenience. It covers the verses, but the bridge goes below what an E string can reach, so play it in C if you want every note of the record. Coming from the E Standard songs around it on the album, you need to drop every string two whole steps.
Tip: Drop all six strings two whole steps and check the bridge riff's lowest notes against the record.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to C Standard, every string +6 ¢, the notes 3's & 7's was recorded in.
- From the album's E Standard: Every string down 4 half steps. No tuner that knows C Standard? Clamp a capo across fret 4, tune to E Standard as usual, then take it off: every string drops to C 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. 3's & 7's sits 6 cents sharp on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much flat against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play 3's & 7's 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 3's & 7's instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in C Standard +6 ¢. Choose E Standard at A 440 and 3's & 7's moves up 3 half steps and 94 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 3's & 7's in?
C Standard +6 ¢: C F B♭ E♭ G C, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.