When tuning most toms you ll find a level where the head will sound warm and bright across its surface.
Floor tom tuned sharp note.
A good way to tune your toms and your snare as well is to use notes in musical intervals or chords for the fundamental pitches of the drums.
When trying to tune the batter head of a floor tom try to do it in its natural environment.
One consideration in selecting which interval or chord to use for tuning is the number of toms and optionally snare in your set.
16 x 14 floor.
They have been used almost daily for a year and still worked out pretty good.
Sound wise a general rule of thumb is that smaller toms give a higher pitched more staccato response while larger toms focus more on the low end with more resonance of course tuning and shell type gives room for play with this rule.
Yes let it be in a position where you could easily play it.
These intervals chords and songs provide numerous tuning options that work well for just about any drumset and type of sound you want.
Batter f octave lower than floor.
12 x 10 tom.
For more see our article on the history and evolution of the tom tom drum.
2 i tuned my drums over 4 days ago and have.
Main snare 14 x 6 yamaha anton fig.
Tom tuning a good way to tune your toms and your snare as well if you like is to use notes in musical intervals or chords for the fundamental pitches of the drums.
I break down a simple method to learn how to tune your drums to notes.
22 x 16 kick.
Here is a video i made tuning my toms to perfect 4th s using the tune bot a few quick points 1 these heads were replaced over a year ago when i recorded an album.
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.
This video is geared toward beginners that have no experience tuning drums.
For example i know my drums will sound best tuned as follows.
Drop c a 8 string tuning c a e a d g b e standard 8 string tuning with the 8th string dropped 5 half steps from f to c and the 7th string dropped one full step from b to a.
One consideration in selecting which interval or chord to use for tuning is the number of toms and optionally snare in your set.
This tuning is used by animals as leaders on the song physical education using a guitar with two extra frets on the 8th and the 7th string.
If you re lucky you could come across this at one or two levels.