The Pretty Reckless · 2010 · Studio album
Light Me Up tuning.
E♭ Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 3 of 10 songs are tuned differently.
Album tuning
E♭ Standard
At concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD.
MeasuredCommunity
Measured by TuneLit
At concert pitch
| Source | Offset | Equivalent A | Songs | Spread | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD, Interscope (2010), 10-track standard edition | −0.7 ¢ | A 439.8 | 10 | −1.7 to +4.0 ¢ | High |
Before we measured, sources said: E♭ Standard, with no pitch given (community).
The debut, produced by Kato Khandwala, who also played guitar on every track next to Ben Phillips. Most of it is half a step down, E♭ Standard. Make Me Wanna Die is tabbed in Drop D, and Nothing Left to Lose and Factory Girl in E Standard. The CD measures at concert pitch.
10 songs · 3 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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1. My Medicine
E♭ StandardMeasured
Notes
The main tabs are in E♭ Standard. An E Standard tab also circulates, but its bass line does not match the record: TuneLit's audio check hears the low E♭ and never a low E.
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2. Since You're Gone
E♭ StandardMeasured
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3. Make Me Wanna Die
Different tuning
Drop DMeasured
Notes
How to get there from E Standard: String 6 down a whole step (E → D); the other strings stay.
Drop D in the tabs, but the riff never uses the open low string: its lowest note is E♭, at the 1st fret. If you play it from an E♭ Standard tab, stay in the album tuning.
The well-known tabs (Songsterr, Ultimate Guitar) use Drop D, with the riff on F at the 3rd fret. The tab never plays the open low D and the record hardly ever sounds one, so the E♭ Standard version some players use gives the same notes.
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4. Light Me Up
E♭ StandardMeasured
Notes
One tab is in E Standard and another, marked album version, in E♭. The record matches the E♭ one: TuneLit hears E♭, A♭ and B♭ in the bass and never a low E.
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5. Just Tonight
E♭ StandardMeasured
Notes
A Songsterr tab labelled Official plays the same notes in Drop D without ever using the open low string; the main tab and the best-rated chord sheet are half a step down, and the record leans on a low E♭.
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6. Miss Nothing
E♭ StandardMeasured
Notes
Disputed: the most-viewed tab uses Drop D, a well-rated Ultimate Guitar tab is half a step down. The Drop D tab never plays the open D and goes no lower than E♭; the record never sounds a low D, and TuneLit's audio check agrees with E♭, so it is listed with the album in E♭ Standard.
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7. Goin' Down
E♭ StandardMeasured
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8. Nothing Left to Lose
Different tuning
E StandardMeasured
Notes
How to get there from the album's E♭ Standard: Every string up a half step.
Rests on one machine-made transcription.
Only a machine-made Songsterr transcription gives a tuning: E Standard. TuneLit's audio check agrees with E as the low string; the bass also goes down to D and C, so it may be tuned lower than the guitars.
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9. Factory Girl
Different tuning
E StandardMeasured
Notes
How to get there from the album's E♭ Standard: Every string up a half step.
Tabbed in E Standard, with the open low E all over the riff; TuneLit's audio check agrees.
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10. You
E♭ StandardMeasured
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 Light Me Up in?
The Pretty Reckless recorded Light Me Up (2010) in E♭ Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Make Me Wanna Die uses Drop D; Nothing Left to Lose and Factory Girl use E Standard.