The Offspring · Smash · song 7
Come Out and Play tuning.
Come Out and Play (The Offspring, 1994) 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.
The Offspring · Smash · 1994
About Come Out and Play
Come Out and Play, from Smash (1994), the band's breakthrough album, is one of the band's most-viewed tabs, and every tab of it is in E Standard. The open low E really does sound on this record, which is why TuneLit's audio check could confirm the tuning with confidence.
TuneLit measured Smash at −0.2 cents, as close to A 440 as a CD gets, and Tune opens E Standard at concert pitch. Come Out and Play itself reads about 5 cents sharp, a hair above the album: not enough for a setting of its own, but if the riff wobbles against the record on headphones, nudge Fine-tune up a few cents.
Live versions are another story. On the live recordings TuneLit measured, the band plays a half step down, so concert videos may need E♭ Standard. For the studio track, all you need is a guitar in standard tuning; Time to Relax, the spoken intro of Smash, has no guitar to tune to.
Tip: Tune to A 440, then compare your open String 6 with the record: this is one of the Offspring songs where the open low E actually sounds, so you can hear whether you match.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, the notes Come Out and Play was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Come Out and Play sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play Come Out and Play 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 Come Out and Play 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. Come Out and Play is already in E Standard at A 440, so nothing moves. Slow it down or loop a few bars to learn it, and save the result as a WAV file.
Questions
What tuning is Come Out and Play in?
E Standard: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.