Proper Tuning Of A Floor Tom

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Proper tuning of a floor tom.

Contrary to what you may have heard try tuning the batter head of your toms in situ in other words attached to their stands bass drum whatever. Turn to the top. Yes let it be in a position where you could easily play it. When trying to tune the batter head of a floor tom try to do it in its natural environment.

If you dont want to spend the time doing that which i highly recommend that you do then i do have a couple decent tips. Grab those toms you ve been having trouble tuning forever. Hopefully this helps here s the most important thing. First off you tune the floor tom like you would your mounted tom or snare or bass drum.

If you re lucky you could come across this at one or two levels. There is a lot that goes into drum tuning. It s generally that last satisfying thud at the end of your drum fill. Kurt berger explains the basics of tuning the floor tom.

Google drum tuning bible and read through the guide to really understand what i mean. Make sure all rods are finger tight remove any wrinkles and move round the drum as before. Tuning a floor tom properly is super important. When tuning most toms you ll find a level where the head will sound warm and bright across its surface.

Never force a drum to play a note out of its best range or you will have an uneven so. Then you can determine a tuning scheme using notes. We re gonna get them. First you must determine where each tom sounds best.

It takes careful planning to decide ex.