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Mike Olekshy
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Mike Olekshy
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 09/21/10
Posts: 1,051
08/08/2018 2:37 pm

Hey Pat, thanks for the kind words!

Indeed, the original recording of that song seems to be sped up a touch - enough that it does push it slightly sharp of A440. It's most likely they recorded it at A440 (given the amount of synthesizers used) and then maybe sped up the tape when it was mixed or mastered to give just a little push of energy or brightness --- this was actually a thing that was used occasionally back in the analog days:)

Try to find an mp3 player that lets you tweak the pitch and then play along at standard 440. You'll have to lower the pitch slightly to get it close.

Hope this helps!

Mike


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