Members pixelchemist Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 tom petty's version doesn't seem to be in standard tuning... its in between i think that or my chords are way off Am - G - D - Am(Am7) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brother_Budro Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 those are the chords i play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members swolter Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Those are the right chords. You'll have to retune slightly if you want to play along with the recording. Sometimes they speed up a song a little after recording it to give it a little more sparke. When they do, it changes the pitch slightly. Another example is Ticket to Ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tom_s252 Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 ...and half of Full Moon Fever to boot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matt rhoades Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 you have to slide into to those chords to make it sound right. do a few hamer ons in there to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flogger59 Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Baby Blue by Badfinger is another sped up one, by quite a bit by the sound of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scgmhawk Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Yea, I read somewhere that the recording was sped up some which is what's causing your issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nos Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 One of the songs on the Amy Winehouse CD is like that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stratocaster202 Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 IIRC Reelin' in the Years is the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jim85IROC Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Let's not forget Layla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Into Nation Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 I sometime use Audacity to remedy these. You can import the track and then use a feature (I forget what its called by it comes with the package) to shift the tuning up or down and retain the tempo. Once you get it right, save it back out to a new file. Works good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Made of Cones Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 God I love Audacity. It's taken over as my go-to program from Garageband and ProTools. I like it simple and it does everything else I need it to as well. I had no idea it had that feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Into Nation Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 It's Effect/Change Pitch. I use the percentage adjust and tweak it by ear since often it's not an exact half step out of tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Also, in a recording studio, there is no rigid 440 A standard. Pros don't sit around methodically checking electric tuners. Tunings may be offset to put them in tune with other, harder-to-tune instruments or to compliment vocals. Or they may have just tuned by ear until it sounded good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samnite Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Also, some bands are notorious (and silly, IMO) for simply tuning to the rhythm guitar or whatever, without the use of standard tuners at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stratman61 Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 We always just play in standard tuning and you can't really tell, unless you have the original in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tom_s252 Posted July 15, 2009 Members Share Posted July 15, 2009 Also, in a recording studio, there is no rigid 440 A standard. Well, there is, it's just that some people don't worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PigWings_v2.0 Posted July 15, 2009 Members Share Posted July 15, 2009 I had the same probelm wile trying to play along to the record. So how should I calibrate the tuner? Plus or minus a few cents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tom_s252 Posted July 15, 2009 Members Share Posted July 15, 2009 I had the same probelm wile trying to play along to the record.So how should I calibrate the tuner? Plus or minus a few cents? If the record is sped up, it'll be sharp. Also, why did Terry edit that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nickweissmusic Posted October 25, 2013 Members Share Posted October 25, 2013 Calibrate your tuner to A=450 and you should be right on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gitter Posted October 25, 2013 Members Share Posted October 25, 2013 Made of Cones wrote: God I love Audacity. It's taken over as my go-to program from Garageband and ProTools. I like it simple and it does everything else I need it to as well. I had no idea it had that feature. I did everything in my power to hate the whole computer/guitar thing. After a while, you just have to accept when technology has moved forward.What weirds me out most is what's becoming available via open source/free these days, like Audacity.I remember in the late 1990's, a script like Wordpress or Joomla was *easily* six figures. Now, its literally free. Same with many others. Crazy how things change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted October 26, 2013 Members Share Posted October 26, 2013 pixelchemist wrote: tom petty's version doesn't seem to be in standard tuning... its in between i think that or my chords are way off Am - G - D - Am(Am7) can't you just re-tune? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grungehack Posted October 27, 2013 Members Share Posted October 27, 2013 Similar problem when you try to play along to 3rd Eye Blind's s/t album, not a different vibration just odd open chords. Noticed a lot of you guys love Audacity, I tried it years ago but stuck with Goldwave. Works just as well for me when I "fix" songs to play along in standard tuning. I never liked the tempo/pitch preservation artifacts (sounds **** to me) though, how are they on Audacity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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