How to tune a Tom Tom Drum

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Professional drummer Mike Bennett shows how to tune the tom tom drum.

Make sure to watch the "how to tune a snare drum" first before you watch this.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Drums
• Tuning
• Tom Tom
• Drum
• Head

[deatheclipse123]

dun mean to sound mean or anything but this is way better than expert village

[MusicTrainerDotCom]

@deatheclipse123 Thanks for the compliment. Hope it helped you out.

[jrpg0630]

What are the duct tape for???

Nice video btw !

[MusicTrainerDotCom]

@jrpg0630 Glad you liked the video, the duct tape dampens the sound it helps to reduce that unwanted ringing sound.

[drummaryan]

Finally a good tuning vid :)

[DarthBoEar]

@TheCuber2400 I get you man, but I meant the specific series.

[TheCuber2400]

@Suiax Sonor Drums

[TheCuber2400]

@DarthBoEar Sonor Drums

[shitbrownchris]

@suiax and @deathboear I TOTALLY AGREE. Me want.

[DarthBoEar]

@Suiax I totally agree with you, that tom is a beast! I would also like to know what drums are used in these vids.

[Suiax]

Dude that has to be one the best sounding toms I've ever heard in my life. What drums are you using and what type of Aquarian heads?

[TheDannie2345]

dude, nail polish???

[dashingjavi]

hey umm, what's the trick to get a jazz sound on a tom tom???

[XxStrongDrums1996xX]

@13Segruts If you are wondering why, it has to do with sympathetic resonance. When the shell and the head resonate in sympathy, the drum produces the fullest, most resonant, and most true tone. The batter head deals with the attack, and not the resonance, so that's why you can just tune it to taste. Batter head higher = pitch bend down. Batter head lower = pitch bend up. Batter head same pitch = straight tone/no pitch bend. Have fun tuning!

[XxStrongDrums1996xX]

@13Segruts Tuning to the drum is, in fact, the right way to tune a drum. Any other method of tuning doesn't get the true sound out of the drum. Tap the drum shell, and memorize the pitch. Tune the resonant head first, and get it to match that pitch. Make sure that as you bring the head up to pitch, you constantly tap the drum shell to make sure that everything is truly matching. Once the resonant head and shell are matched, tune the batter head to taste.