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The Offspring · 2008 · Studio album

Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace tuning.

E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 1 of 12 songs are tuned differently.

Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

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

MeasuredCommunity

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Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, Japan SICP 2049−3.1 ¢A 439.212−6.1 to −1.8 ¢High
 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: E Standard, with no pitch given (community).

At concert pitch on the CD (−3.1 ¢). Trust in You is the half-step-down song, and the acoustic guitar on Kristy, Are You Doing Okay? is tabbed with a capo on the first fret.

12 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

  1. 1. Half-Truism

    E StandardMeasured

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  2. 2. Trust in You

    Different tuning

    E♭ StandardMeasured

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    Notes

    How to get there from the album's E Standard: Every string down a half step.

    The Songsterr tab is in E♭ Standard; the Ultimate Guitar tabs are in standard tuning, one of them noting the song may really be in E♭. TuneLit's semitone check from the audio sides with E♭.

  3. 3. You're Gonna Go Far, Kid

    E StandardMeasured

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  4. 4. Hammerhead

    E StandardMeasured

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  5. 5. A Lot Like Me

    E StandardMeasured

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  6. 6. Takes Me Nowhere

    E StandardMeasured

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  7. 7. Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?

    E StandardMeasured

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    Notes

    Capo 1 for Dexter Holland's acoustic guitar; Noodles' guitar and the bass play without a capo.

    The main Songsterr tab and the most-voted Ultimate Guitar tab both put Dexter Holland's acoustic part in E Standard with a capo on the first fret and Noodles' part in plain standard tuning; another Ultimate Guitar tab rewrites the song without the capo.

  8. 8. Nothingtown

    E StandardMeasured

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  9. 9. Stuff Is Messed Up

    E StandardMeasured

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    Notes

    TuneLit's semitone check from the audio leans toward E♭ here, but every tab says E Standard, so it stays in E. If it sounds a half step off, try E♭ Standard.

  10. 10. Fix You

    E StandardMeasured

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  11. 11. Let's Hear It for Rock Bottom

    E StandardMeasured

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  12. 12. Rise and Fall

    E StandardMeasured

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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.
Community
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 Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace in?

The Offspring recorded Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Trust in You uses E♭ Standard.