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Drums Basic Tuning Advice

Think of the drum head as a clock face; many of the instructions below refer to positions on a clock face.

Before you start, check that the bearing edge of the drum and the hoop are clean and in good condition.
Put the head onto the drum (I usually position it so that the logo will be at 12 o'clock). Put the hoop onto the drum ensuring that the holes for the tension rods line up with the lugs on the drum shell. Insert all the tension rods around the drum. At this stage just get them finger tight, don't use a drum key yet.

Once all the tension rods are finger tight, take your drum key and tighten each rod a quarter turn in the following order:
12 o'clock -- 6 o'clock -- 2 o'clock -- 8 o'clock -- 4 o'clock -- 10 o'clock -- 5 o'clock -- 11 o'clock -- 9 o'clock -- 3 o'clock -- 1 o'clock -- 7 o'clock
Note - if the drum you are working with does not have 12 tension rods, use the above list as a rough quide to the tuning sequence. e.g. for an 8 lug drum go 12, 6, 3, 9, 2:30, 7:30, 4:30, 10:30
Repeat the above process until the drum produces ROUGHLY the pitch you desire. Tap the centre of the drum head after each tuning sequence to check the pitch.
Now fine tune the drum by taping the drum head gently with your finger or a stick about 1 inch in from the hoop by each tension rod and checking that all the pitches are equal. Following the same sequence as above and adjust the tuning of each tension rod as you go.
Repeat the fine tuning process until taping by each tension rod produces the same pitch.

TIP - Experiment with tuning the bottom (or resonant) head equal, slightly higher or slightly lower that the top (or batter) head. There is no right or wrong, try things out and see what you like best.

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