How To Tune A Drum Head - The 5 Step “Tuning Chore”
I hate chores. Photo credit: David Davies
I'll start with a confession.
I rarely tune my drums. I hate doing it. There's a whole bunch of things I'd rather be doing: Getting a drink at the bar, updating my Twitter account, preparing my hilltop mansion for when I'm a Rockstar, talking to hobos. You know, interesting stuff.
I mean... I know I need to be tuning more, its just that it's so boring. When you are tuning, you will find yourself doing the same thing over and over again. It becomes a real chore.
By now you know what drum tuning is, and you know that your drum head is badly out of tune. So its time now to actually tune it. Let's look at what's involved. I call this process the "Tuning Chore."
This toiling task will get your drum head in tune, will reduce "ringing" from your drum and will make you look like
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How Badly Out Of Tune Is Your Drum Head?
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Go on. Be honest.
If any of these statements apply to you then the answer is "very badly indeed."
- You've never tuned in your life
- You've tuned before but you did it randomly
- You've never changed your drum heads
- Your drum heads are covered in stick marks
- You don't own a drum key
This is part 2 in my drum tuning series. In part 1 we answered the question what is drum tuning? Now you need to figure out
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What Is Drum Tuning?
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Imagine. You're standing in front of a blank canvas.
You've been told to paint your life's masterpiece. But there's a problem: You've only been given these 6 colours.
If you're a skilled colour mixer then you should be able to mix nearly all other colours from that small selection. So you'll have no problem with your painting. If you're not a skilled colour mixer then you're in trouble!
Now, I'm not much of a painter. In fact I can barely stay in the lines when I do a colouring book. So if I wanted to paint with the colour orange then I
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