Floor Tom Tuning High

Kurt berger explains the basics of tuning the floor tom.

Floor tom tuning high.

It s not normally necessary to remove every last bit and toms can always. Help with tuning floor tom to reduce resonance. It just sounded like it couldn t decide whether or not it wanted to be a tom or floor tom. We re gonna get them.

Grab those toms you ve been having trouble tuning forever. So i ve got a tama starclassic bubinga omni tune kit that tends to sound fantastic. If you re lucky you could come across this at one or two levels. Then i just tune the floor tom a fourth down.

These intervals chords and songs provide numerous tuning options that work well for just about any drumset and type of sound you want. I ve always had trouble tuning them too especially when i had a 14. Unless you tune your floor tom up higher than usual the fundamental pitch won t be all that prominent with how low it is. I ve found that 8 13 toms that aren t overly deep can really hold an actual note value.

My toms are a lot deeper than yours and can t get my 12 tom to match up with my 10 tom without having to bring it way up and tilt it. For the same four toms call to the post would be c2 f2 a2 c3 or c 2 f 2 a 2 c 3 or d2 g2 b2 d3 depending on the pitch you want for the 16 floor tom. I also have a 13 tom and mounted that to the left of my hi hat. 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. The only problem is the toms tend to resonate more than most i ve encountered so it s really easy for the 16 tom to get away from you during a particularly heavy tom part. If your high tom in particular is making the snare ring and buzz in sympathy try to adjust its pitch first and then adjust the resonant bottom head down slightly to remove a little of the ring. Much easier to get clear notes and intervals on jazz sets though.

There will always be a little bit of ring from drums but that s fine. Personally i find that a ringy floor tom sounds just fine if you are planning to play with other people but if you need the ring gone tape muffle rings and moon gels should fix it. Then i have a mounted 14 tom and a 16 floor tom. Headphones recommended for workshop the title is pretty self explanatory.