Drum Maintenance
How to Tune Drums
Last updated on September 6, 2009 at 1:13 amWhen tuning your drum skins you need to make sure to tighten the tuning pegs evenly (1/4 of a turn each time). In addition, make sure to tune the pegs in the correct order (see picture below) so that the tightening pressure on the drum head is distributed evenly.
You should tune your drums once a month to keep them sounding nice. When you set up your drums for a show, make sure to fine tune the drums. If you have been tuning your drums once a month, this shouldn’t take very long. When recording in a studio, make sure you spend extra care to get the right tuning for the music you are recording before you go. Again, you can fine tune when you are set up in the studio. In the studio, you may even want to fine tune for each song if you are a real perfectionist!
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