How to Tune a Drum

Part of the Video Series How to Choose, Use & Organize Band Equipment & Instruments

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Learn how to tune a drum head in this free video series that will teach you how to strategically set up your band and musical equipment for a performance.

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How to Tune a Drum
DENIS DOWNING: On behalf of Expert Village, this is Denis Downing at Roxy Studios, New York City and today, I'm going to show you how to set up some band equipment. Okay. So, now, we're going to tighten these back down and just make them hand tight, okay? And once again, you go side to side, small turns. Try to keep them even. It'll put you kinda where you want to be when the final tuning comes. Okay. And the reason why we do this is to not to bend the hoop, okay? You bend the hoop, you're going to have problems down the road keeping the head in there. You get an egg shape to it, okay? And when it comes to tuning, basically, you keep the bottom of the drum in tune and you tune the top part. Tuning it, it's the easiest way I found. If there's a little [INAUDIBLE] to the drum, which there isn't, you're good to go.

About the Expert

Expert: Denis Downing is the owner of Roxy Studios, which has been called the best Music Rehearsal Studio in New York City. He's presently in his 15th year as the owner and operator. Read More