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Slipknot · 2008 · Studio album

All Hope Is Gone tuning.

Drop B at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 5 of 12 songs are tuned differently.

All Hope Is Gone album cover

Album tuning

Drop B

At concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD.

MeasuredFrom tabs

Tune like thisPlay alongAll 12 songs

Bass: Bass Drop B Tune bass

String 6 sits 5 half steps below its standard E2. On a normal set (.046) it keeps only about 55 % of its usual tension and feels loose. For the usual feel use about a .062 string, or a baritone guitar.

Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, Roadrunner Japan RRCY-29152/3 (2008)−3.2 ¢A 439.212−7.4 to −1.7 ¢Medium
 Offset from concert pitch (A 440). Spread: the middle half of the songs, when four or more share the album's pitch. Confidence: how well the notes agree with one grid.

Before we measured, sources said: Drop B, with no pitch given (community).

Mostly Drop B, with Psychosocial, Gehenna, This Cold Black and Wherein Lies Continue a whole step lower in Drop A, and Snuff in C♯ Standard. The CD sits at concert pitch (about 3 ¢ flat), and TuneLit's semitone check confirms every Drop A and Drop B song it could read, and Snuff's low C♯; Snuff reads about 10 ¢ sharp. The 10th-anniversary edition reads the same.

12 songs · 5 tuned differently

Every song, ready to tune

Tune opens the tuner in that song's tuning, pitch included. Play along opens the song player set to that tuning, so the track plays in yours. What the labels mean

  1. 1. .execute.

    Drop BMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    A spoken intro over noise; there is no riff to tune to.

  2. 2. Gematria (The Killing Name)

    Drop BMeasured

    Tune Play along

  3. 3. Sulfur

    Drop BMeasured

    Tune Play along

  4. 4. Psychosocial

    Different tuning

    Drop AMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    How to get there from the album's Drop B: Every string down a whole step.

    String 6 sits 7 half steps below its standard E2. On a normal set (.046) it keeps only about 45 % of its usual tension and feels loose. For the usual feel use about a .069 string, or a baritone guitar.

    A whole step lower than the album: Drop A.

    The main tabs on Songsterr and Ultimate Guitar put both guitars in Drop A (A E A D F♯ B), a whole step below the rest of the album, with the bass at A E A D.

    Bass: Bass Drop A Tune bass

  5. 5. Dead Memories

    Drop BMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    On its own, this song measures flatter: CD −8.0 ¢. Tune uses the album's A 440.

  6. 6. Vendetta

    Drop BMeasured

    Tune Play along

  7. 7. Butcher’s Hook

    Drop BMeasured

    Tune Play along

  8. 8. Gehenna

    Different tuning

    Drop AMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    How to get there from the album's Drop B: Every string down a whole step.

    String 6 sits 7 half steps below its standard E2. On a normal set (.046) it keeps only about 45 % of its usual tension and feels loose. For the usual feel use about a .069 string, or a baritone guitar.

    Drop A.

    Tabbed in Drop A on both guitars, with the bass at A E A D.

    Bass: Bass Drop A Tune bass

  9. 9. This Cold Black

    Different tuning

    Drop AMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    How to get there from the album's Drop B: Every string down a whole step.

    String 6 sits 7 half steps below its standard E2. On a normal set (.046) it keeps only about 45 % of its usual tension and feels loose. For the usual feel use about a .069 string, or a baritone guitar.

    Drop A.

    Tabbed in Drop A on both guitars, with the bass at A E A D.

    Bass: Bass Drop A Tune bass

  10. 10. Wherein Lies Continue

    Different tuning

    Drop AMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    How to get there from the album's Drop B: Every string down a whole step.

    String 6 sits 7 half steps below its standard E2. On a normal set (.046) it keeps only about 45 % of its usual tension and feels loose. For the usual feel use about a .069 string, or a baritone guitar.

    Drop A.

    Tabbed in Drop A on both guitars, with the bass at A E A D.

    Bass: Bass Drop A Tune bass

  11. 11. Snuff

    Different tuning

    C♯ Standard +10 ¢Measured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    How to get there from the album's Drop B: String 6 up a whole step (B → C♯); the other strings stay.

    C♯ Standard: the album's Drop B with String 6 left at C♯. It reads about 10 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 442.5).

    The ballad’s main tabs keep the album’s strings but leave String 6 at C♯: C♯ Standard (C♯ F♯ B E G♯ C♯). Live and acoustic tabs use Drop B or E Standard instead.

    Bass: Bass C♯ Standard +10 ¢ Tune bass

  12. 12. All Hope Is Gone

    Drop BMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    On its own, this song measures flatter: CD −13.5 ¢ (medium confidence). Tune uses the album's A 440.

What the labels mean

Measured
TuneLit measured the pitch on an original CD or LP. The tuning name still comes from the sources.
Official
The band, a member, their producer or their guitar tech said it.
Widely reported
Trusted outlets, guides and tabs agree, but the band did not say it directly.
From tabs
From community tabs, or from players who tune along with the record.
Disputed
Sources disagree. The likeliest setting is shown; the notes name the other one.

Each song shows one label, the strongest it has, in this order. How we measure recordings →

Questions

What tuning is All Hope Is Gone in?

Slipknot recorded All Hope Is Gone (2008) in Drop B at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Psychosocial, Gehenna, This Cold Black and Wherein Lies Continue use Drop A; Snuff uses C♯ Standard +10 ¢.