Queens of the Stone Age · Rated R · song 2
The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret tuning.
The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret (Queens of the Stone Age, 2000) is in C Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
At concert pitch
The album's value, measured on the CD.
Queens of the Stone Age · Rated R · 2000
About The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret, the single from Rated R (2000), is in C Standard (C F B♭ E♭ G C). Songsterr's main tab tunes Homme's guitars and Nick Oliveri's bass two whole steps down, and a second UG transcription in C Standard agrees. The bass works around C, F♯ and G, and the record's lowest notes match.
TuneLit measured Rated R about 3 cents sharp, counted as concert pitch, and this song about 5 cents sharp, still close enough to share the album's value. Tune opens C Standard at A 440, and the audio check agrees with the low C.
The most-voted UG tab of the song moves it to E Standard and says so at the top: easier for most players, same notes, but the chord shapes ring differently and nothing below the low E is possible. If you play along with the album, C Standard also covers most of the other songs, so it is worth keeping one guitar in C with heavier strings for this part of the catalogue.
Tip: Check String 6 against the low C of the record's verse riff before you play along.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to C Standard, the notes The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret was recorded in.
- From 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. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret 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 The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret 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. Choose E Standard at A 440 and The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret moves up 3 half steps and 97 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 The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret in?
C Standard: C F B♭ E♭ G C, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.