The Rolling Stones · Goats Head Soup · song 5
Angie tuning.
Angie (The Rolling Stones, 1973) is in E Standard, about 10 cents flat (A ≈ 437), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
10 ¢ flat
The album's value, measured on the CD: Tune moves every string −10 ¢.
The Rolling Stones · Goats Head Soup · 1973
About Angie
The acoustic ballad from Goats Head Soup (1973), sung by Mick Jagger over Keith Richards's acoustic guitar, with Mick Taylor on a second acoustic and a piano filling in the changes. The tabs agree on standard tuning, no capo, and the song is in A minor, moving through embellished open chord shapes that make the intro instantly recognisable.
TuneLit measured Goats Head Soup about 10 ¢ flat (A ≈ 437.4), and Angie sits about 9 ¢ flat, so it shares the album value. Tune sets E Standard 10 ¢ down. On a quiet acoustic song with piano, a guitar at A 440 sounds slightly sharp, more noticeable than on the album's louder tracks.
Most mistakes come from the chord shapes, not the tuning: the intro relies on notes added and lifted inside the chord shapes, and the piano doubles the changes. Learn the intro at half speed with the record turned down, then raise it; if the piano and your open A string disagree, check the reference before blaming your fingering.
Tip: Check your open A string against the first A minor chord of the intro before you play along.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, every string −10 ¢, the notes Angie was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Angie sits 10 cents flat on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much sharp against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play Angie 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 Angie 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 −10 ¢. Choose E Standard at A 440 and Angie moves up 10 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 Angie in?
E Standard −10 ¢: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.