It’s All Over But The Crying - (The) Ink Spots / Fallout / Guitar lesson

0:00 Trunctuated playthrough
1:33 Song & game history
3:13 Frequency
3:38 Tuning
4:15 Strumming patterns
5:00 Lesson

It's All Over But The Crying by (The) Ink Spots was written by Russ Morgan and Seger Ellis, with this 1947 rendition being the first release. The band members at the time of this recording were Bill Kenny (lead tenor), Billy Bowen (tenor voice and guitar), Charlie Fuqua (baritone voice, guitar and tenor guitar), Herb Kenny (bass voice and cello played as an upright bass) and Harold Francis (pianist and arranger).

It also appears in Fallout 4 and 76, among other video games. The game version in every FO is from a faulty transfer. Shellac and vinyl records will not just increase in tempo when the record player spins too fast, but also in pitch and thus go sharp. Pitch is measured in hertz. With 440hz only becoming the standard concert pitch towards the end of the 1940s. This band recorded most of their catalogue in 432hz. Making the tuning E in 432hz - Not E in 440hz!

The unit of measurement modern tuners utilize is cents. With there being 200c to a whole tone, 100c to a semitone and 50c to a quarter tone, tuning by tones is not possible in this case. There are however ca. 4 hertz in 1 cent. In order to match the original recording, we can either adjust the frequency down 8hz to be "in tune" in 432hz, or tune 32c flat to be "out of tune" in 440hz.

As coincidence would have it, the fast/sharp game version can be played along with in 440hz E without shifting the fret positions or using a capo or adjusting the tuning. Meaning the tablature will read and play the same, regardless which version you learn with.

Truncuated playthrough of the intro, then to the third of the slow verses, turnaround and first of the fast verses, then to the last of the fast verses/outro. From my note for note transcript in 432hz E tuning.

Original version:    • It's All Over But The Crying - (The) Ink S...  

Game version:    • The Ink Spots - It's All Over But The Cryi...  

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