3 Amazing Drum Tuning Tips

Описание: This video is about three of the most amazing drum tuning tips EVER.

The hardest part about tuning drums is definitely evening out the pitches of a drumhead and this is exactly what the first drum tuning tip is all about. What most people don’t realize: Instead of listening to every single pitch we only have to check half of the lugs since opposing lugs will always sound even. This is often completely ignored in your average drum tuning tutorial and it’s a total bummer, since this information makes your life so much easier. Less pitches to worry about, less possibilities to get really frustrated. You’ll also find a very short tutorial on how to get even pitch on a drumhead - if you wanna dive a little bit deeper, go check out the first part of my "Drum Tuning Tutorial" (@7Yjg).

After that we get into the widespread "drum tuning/guitar tuning" analogy which is supposed to guarantee you a stable tuning. Well, it doesn’t. Friction works both ways on a drumhead and I’ll show you a very neat and effective way to get the most stable tuning possible. Shoutout to Michael Küttner for showing me this little drum tuning tip many years ago.

After tuning a tom, you’ll probably put it back on its mount at some point. And this is where all kind of crazy stuff can happen. So listen very closely and make sure your drum sound is not obstructed by any hardware issues. By the way, the „maximum sustain (for maximum annoyance)“ tuning is appropriate for getting the point across, but that's probably it...

I hope, you found some useful information - feel free to comment, like and share. And stay tuned for more Drum Hacks!

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Contents:

0:00 Introduction
0:18 Opposing Lugs
3:26 Friction
5:04 Tom Holders
6:33 Conclusion