Slipknot · We Are Not Your Kind · song 2
Unsainted tuning.
Unsainted (Slipknot, 2019) is in Drop B at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Song tuning
Drop B
At concert pitch (A 440).
Tune like thisPlay alongWe Are Not Your Kind
Bass: Bass Drop B Tune bass
Measured by TuneLit
At concert pitch
The album's value, measured on the CD.
Slipknot · We Are Not Your Kind · 2019
About Unsainted
Unsainted, the lead single from We Are Not Your Kind (2019), opens with a choir before the band crashes in. It is in the band's usual Drop B (B F♯ B E G♯ C♯), with Alessandro Venturella's bass at B F♯ B E, and the main Songsterr tab splits Jim Root's lead lines from Mick Thomson's rhythm part.
TuneLit measured the CD at concert pitch, and Unsainted reads within a cent of it, so the Tune button sets plain Drop B at A 440. The semitone check from the audio agrees on the low B, and a tab of the band's 2020 BBC performance uses the same tuning.
The song moves fast, so a slack String 6 shows up at once as a sharp, wobbly note when you dig in. A heavier gauge on the low string helps, and so does tuning while the string rings rather than as you pick. Songsterr also has an acoustic arrangement in Drop D and a Drop D re-tab of the full band; neither matches the record. The 5-string bass tab is an arrangement for standard B E A D G and reaches the same low B.
Tip: Tune String 6 to B while it rings, then check it against the first heavy chord after the choir.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to Drop B, the notes Unsainted was recorded in.
- From E Standard: String 6 down 5 half steps (E → B), String 5 down 3 half steps (A → F♯), String 4 down 3 half steps (D → B), String 3 down 3 half steps (G → E), String 2 down 3 half steps (B → G♯), String 1 down 3 half steps (E → C♯).
- 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 .061 string, or a baritone guitar.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Unsainted sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play Unsainted 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 Unsainted instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in Drop B. Choose Drop D at A 440 and Unsainted moves up 2 half steps and 97 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 Unsainted in?
Drop B: B F♯ B E G♯ C♯, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.