| Drum Tuning 101 | ||
| Drums, like any instrument, need to be in tune to sound their best. Tuning isn't hard but it takes practice to get it right. There is no standard pitch that your drums should be tuned to. It is all personal taste. The following will get you started on your way to a great drum sound. Remember the more you tune your drums the better you will become. Practice tuning as often as you can. | ||
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| Drumhead Tuning Tips From REMO | ||
| Preparation Using a dry cloth, wipe any debris from the bearing edge and the counterhoop. Wipe down the inside of the drum.Place a new head on the bearing edge and spin the head to center it. Replace the counterhoop and rods. Finger tighten the rods around the drum. Seating the Head Most drummers use the standard cross-tune method with one drum key around the drum. That is, the first rod you tension would be number 1 and the rod opposite it would be number 2. Then, 2 rods to the right would be number 3 and the one opposite it would be number 4. Then one rod below number 4 would be number 5 and the one opposite it number six. Then the rod 2 above 5 would be seven and the one opposite it would be 8.You can also use two keys, one opposite the other, tuning 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 and 8 at the same time. Tune the head 1 full turn above the pitch you want at first. With the drum on the floor , place your palm in the center of the head and apply pressure. This seats or stretches the head material, eliminating unwanted slack. De-tune the head to the wrinkle point. Now you are ready to begin tuning. .... |
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| How to tune drums | ||
| Let me start by making a few disclaimers. #1 I'm not a drummer, I learned everything by watching and doing. #2 There is no "right" way to tune drums. There are guidelines you can and should follow, but to each his own. I'm going to approach this novel with the idea that the drummer will let you mangle his/her kit with brand new heads. | ||
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| Prof.Sound's Drum Tuning Bible v3 | ||
| This site is refered to more often than any other source available for tuning drums. Why? First, and most likely because its free! A close second would be because it works. |
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| The Art of Tuning a Drum | ||
| I was asked to put together a guide to drum tuning. Why me? I dunno. I have 18 years experience and the time to write this guide. Good enough. While veteran drummers may not find many new tips in this file, newer drummers or drummers that don't have access to other drummers may find this article interesting. | ||
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| Tuning | ||
| On the surface it seems somewhat silly: a drum is a shell with a vibrating membrane covering one or both ends; when the membrane is struck a sound is created. The characteristics of that sound depend on many factors: shell, membrane ("head") properties, striking velocity, striking area, head tension, and the room acoustics. "Head tension", or tuning, is the subject of this page, and the silly part is this: the basic principle behind the acoustical physics of a drum might seem to deny any complexity - a struck head will produce a sound - however, the range of types of sounds any given drum can make are unlimited. One major factor in this variance is the tension of the drum head - the tuning. Shell composition, size, and depth all play a factor in the timbre, volume, and sustain of the resulting tone, but head tuning impacts the pitch, resonance, attack, decay, and tone - as well as contributing in a large part to the final timbre, volume, and sustain. No other single factor affects your drum's sound, and no other single aspect of drumming is as overlooked by the majority of amateur and semi-professional drummers. |
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| Author Tomás Howie | ||
