Roxette · Joyride · song 3
Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) tuning.
Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) (Roxette, 1991) is in E Standard, about 6 cents sharp (A ≈ 442), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
6 ¢ sharp
The album's value, measured on the CD and the LP: Tune moves every string +6 ¢.
Roxette · Joyride · 1991
About Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)
Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave), from Joyride (1991), is in F and in standard tuning. The best-known chord sheet puts a capo on the 5th fret and plays C shapes; other sheets play F, B♭ and D minor directly. Both give the record's notes, so choose whichever suits your hands.
TuneLit measured the Japanese CD about 6 cents sharp (A ≈ 441.6), and this song about 7 cents sharp, right with the album, so Tune's +6 ¢ fits it. The LP needle drop reads about 2 cents flat, but the Joyride LP runs lower by the same 8 to 9 cents on every song, which points to the turntable, not the master. The audio check agrees with standard tuning.
If you go the capo route, tune first and then clip the capo on: a capo can pull the strings a little sharp, so check them once more with it in place. Without a capo, the F and B♭ barre chords give the same pitches and no extra step.
Tip: Tap Tune for +6 ¢ before you put the capo on the 5th fret, then check the tuning once more with the capo in place.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, every string +6 ¢, the notes Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) 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 Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) 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 Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) 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 +6 ¢. Choose E Standard at A 440 and Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) moves down 6 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 Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) in?
E Standard +6 ¢: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.