Rammstein · Mutter · song 4
Ich will tuning.
Ich will (Rammstein, 2001) is in Drop D 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.
Rammstein · Mutter · 2001
About Ich will
Ich will is the fourth track on Mutter (2001), a call-and-response song that works especially well in front of a crowd. Songsterr and Ultimate Guitar tab both guitars in Drop D, and the heavy parts are built on the dropped low string, with power chords played as one-finger shapes across the three lowest strings.
TuneLit measured Mutter at about +2 ¢, which counts as concert pitch, so Tune opens Drop D at A 440; Ich will itself reads within a cent of it. TuneLit's semitone check from the audio agrees that D is the lowest open string, and the low D shows up strongly in both the bass and the guitar range.
Sonne, Ich will and Feuer frei! follow each other on the album and are all in Drop D, so once String 6 is down you can stay there for three songs. The song leaves gaps for the vocal answers, and in those gaps a dropped string that has slipped flat is easy to hear. Re-check String 6 between songs, and when you play along, let the open D stop dead where the record stops instead of letting it ring into the gaps.
Tip: Check String 6 against open String 4 in the pauses: the stops in this song expose a flat low D at once.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to Drop D, the notes Ich will was recorded in.
- From E Standard: String 6 down a whole step (E → D); the other strings stay.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Ich will sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play Ich will 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 Ich will instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in Drop D. Choose Drop D at A 440 and Ich will moves down 2 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 Ich will in?
Drop D: D A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.