Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1984 · Studio album
Couldn't Stand the Weather tuning.
E♭ Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 1 of 8 songs are tuned differently.
Album tuning
E♭ Standard
At concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD.
MeasuredWidely reported
Measured by TuneLit
At concert pitch
| Source | Offset | Equivalent A | Songs | Spread | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD, Epic EPC 465571 2 (Austria, early-1990s Sony issue) | +1.8 ¢ | A 440.5 | 8 | −0.4 to +4.9 ¢ | High |
Before we measured, sources said: E♭ Standard, with no pitch given (widely reported).
E♭ Standard at concert pitch (the CD measures about 2 ¢ sharp). Scuttle Buttin' runs about 13 ¢ sharp, and Voodoo Chile reads about 17 ¢ sharp all the way through, too weakly for a setting of its own. Tin Pan Alley is disputed: its most-viewed tab is in E Standard.
8 songs · 1 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
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Notes
The opening instrumental runs about 13 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 443.4), well above the rest of the album; the 2010 remaster reads the same. The riff leans on the open low E♭.
The main tab is in E♭ Standard, the riff on the open low string.
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2. Couldn't Stand the Weather
E♭ StandardMeasured
Notes
Jimmie Vaughan plays rhythm guitar. Same E♭ Standard, at concert pitch.
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3. The Things (That) I Used to Do
E♭ StandardMeasured
Notes
Jimmie Vaughan plays rhythm guitar. The main tab plays G shapes in E♭ Standard, sounding in F♯, which matches the record; tabs with the same shapes in E Standard come out a half step high.
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4. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
E♭ StandardMeasured
Notes
TuneLit reads 15 to 19 ¢ sharp in every half minute of the track, but the wah and fuzz keep the reading weak, so the button uses the album's value. If your guitar sounds flat against it, raise the reference to about A 444.
On its own, this song measures sharper: CD +16.9 ¢ (medium confidence). Tune uses the album's A 440.
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5. Cold Shot
E♭ StandardMeasured
Notes
The swirling tone comes from a Fender Vibratone, a rotating-speaker cabinet, not from a different tuning.
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6. Tin Pan Alley
E♭ StandardMeasured
Notes
Recorded while the engineers were still setting levels. The song sounds in B minor and the low E♭ never sounds, so the audio check cannot tell E♭ from E: play C-minor shapes in E♭ Standard, Vaughan's usual tuning, or the most-viewed tab's B-minor shapes in E Standard. Both give the record's notes.
Vaughan tuned a half step down, but the most-viewed tab is in E Standard. The song sounds in B minor, so B-minor shapes in E Standard and C-minor shapes in E♭ Standard give the same notes.
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7. Honey Bee
E♭ StandardMeasured
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8. Stang's Swang
E♭ StandardMeasured
Notes
A jazz instrumental played on a Gibson Johnny Smith archtop, with Fran Christina on drums and Stan Harrison on tenor sax. Its tab stays in E♭ Standard.
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 Couldn't Stand the Weather in?
Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) in E♭ Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Scuttle Buttin' uses E♭ Standard +13 ¢.
Why does Couldn't Stand the Weather sound out of tune with my guitar?
Scuttle Buttin' sits about 13 cents sharp (A ≈ 443), so a guitar tuned to A 440 clashes with it. The Tune buttons on this page set the tuner's reference to match the record, so you only tune the strings.