Roxette · Look Sharp! · song 2
Dressed for Success tuning.
Dressed for Success (Roxette, 1988) is in E 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 and the LP.
Roxette · Look Sharp! · 1988
About Dressed for Success
Dressed for Success, the second track of Look Sharp! (1988), is in F and in standard tuning. The most popular chord sheet puts a capo on the 3rd fret and plays D, G and A shapes; another plays F and B♭ barre chords. Both match the record, so pick the one that suits your hands.
TuneLit measured the song about 1.5 cents sharp on the CD and about 2 on the LP, on an album at concert pitch, so Tune opens plain E Standard at A 440.
TuneLit's audio check could not decide the semitone on its own here, because the bass follows the chords around F and plays the notes on both sides of the low E. The chord sheets settle it: in standard tuning they land in the record's key. On the album, Jonas Isacsson played electric and acoustic guitars and Per Gessle guitar, with Anders Herrlin on bass, all in standard tuning. If you use the capo version, check the tuning again once the capo is on.
Tip: Tune to A 440, then choose the capo-3 version with D, G and A shapes or the barre chords in F; both match the record.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, the notes Dressed for Success was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Dressed for Success sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play Dressed for Success 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 Dressed for Success 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. Choose E Standard at A 440 and Dressed for Success 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 Dressed for Success in?
E Standard: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.