Radiohead · In Rainbows · song 9
Jigsaw Falling into Place tuning.
Jigsaw Falling into Place (Radiohead, 2007) is in D2 A2 D3 F♯3 B3 E4, about 14 cents sharp (A ≈ 444), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Song tuning
D2 A2 D3 F♯3 B3 E4 +14 ¢
About 14 cents sharp (A ≈ 444).
Measured by TuneLit
14 ¢ sharp
Measured on this song itself: Tune moves every string +14 ¢.
Radiohead · In Rainbows · 2007
About Jigsaw Falling into Place
The first single from In Rainbows (2007), played on tour in 2006 under the working title Open Pick (Wikipedia). Thom Yorke's and Jonny Greenwood's guitars are tuned D A D F♯ B E: Drop D with String 3 lowered a half step to F♯, so the open strings ring a D chord with an added sixth and ninth. The King of Gear lists it, and the most-viewed Songsterr tab uses it for every guitar.
On the first LP of In Rainbows the album sits about 14 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 443.6). Jigsaw reads about 18 ¢, close enough that Tune uses the album's value: D A D F♯ B E, 14 ¢ up. That LP runs 0.8 % fast against the CD, which accounts for the 14 ¢, so with a CD or a stream use the same strings at A 440. TuneLit's semitone check from the audio agrees that the lowest string sits on D.
Chord sheets in standard tuning or plain Drop D exist, but they lose the ringing open strings that carry the strumming, and fingerings copied from them will not fit the tuned guitar. Lower String 6 a whole step and String 3 a half step, then strum the open strings: they should sound like one bright D chord. The song is quick and steady, and a light, even strum serves it better than a hard attack.
Tip: Lower String 6 to D and String 3 to F♯ (at A 440 for a CD or a stream, 14 ¢ up for the LP) and strum the open strings to hear the D chord.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to D2 A2 D3 F♯3 B3 E4, every string +14 ¢, the notes Jigsaw Falling into Place was recorded in.
- From the album's E Standard: String 6 down a whole step (E → D), String 3 down a half step (G → F♯); the other strings stay.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Jigsaw Falling into Place sits 14 cents sharp on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much flat against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play Jigsaw Falling into Place 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 Jigsaw Falling into Place instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in D2 A2 D3 F♯3 B3 E4 +14 ¢. Choose D2 A2 D3 F♯3 B3 E4 at A 440 and Jigsaw Falling into Place moves down 14 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 Jigsaw Falling into Place in?
D2 A2 D3 F♯3 B3 E4 +14 ¢: D A D F♯ B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.