Get some great tips on drum tuning, drum maintenance, technique, practice and more.

I personally get more out of it when I can see a tip explained through a video. The goal here is to find some good informative drum tip videos and put them all in one place. Enjoy…I hope you learn something.

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Some of the tools and heads used in the videos below:
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Tuner:

Planet Waves PW-CT-05 Chromatic Tuner Metronome

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Evans magnetic drum key

Evans Magnetic Drum Key

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Evans G2 coated snare drum head

Evans G2 Coated Batter Drumhead 14 Inches

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Evans Clear G2 drum heads – Toms

Evans G2 Clear Batter Drumheads

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Evans Adjustable Dampening EMAD Bass Drumhead

Evans Adjustable Dampening EMAD Bass Drumhead

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Evans EQ Pad Bass Drum Muffler

Evans EQ Pad Bass Drum Muffler

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Evans EMAD Resonant Bass Drumhead – With Reso Ring

Evans EMAD Resonant Bass Drumhead

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Moongel Dampening Gels – See review here. I use these pads to eliminate ringing on the snare and floor toms. They work miracles…

Moongel Dampening Gels

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A great tuning series from Evans drum head company.

Part 1 – Drum tuning introduction:

Part 2 – Snare drum tuning:

Part 3 – Tom tuning:

Part 4 – Bass drum tuning:

I hope you can glean some information from these videos. Careful drum tuning is the core of  a drummer’s arsenal to achieving a great sound that both listeners and the player will enjoy.  There are a lot of drum tuning videos out there and it’s up to each drummer to find his or her personal sound.

Don’t skimp on time when tuning your drums. Pay careful attention to each step in regards to seating the head and properly tightening the lugs. Anyone can achieve great sound with a little drum tuning practice.

I personally tune my drums and use these tuning techniques often to keep the sound in top shape. If my drums don’t sound good, I’m actually less excited to play. It’s a mental thing….I don’t know. There’s nothing like hearing a great ringing tone come out of a drum head when you’ve hit the “sweet spot” after a drum tuning session.

There are different drum tuning techniques for different styles of playing like rock, fusion, jazz, etc. Head choice will determine how you tune as well. There are lots of drum tuning techniques to choose from out there.

Good luck and enjoy the never-ending drum tuning journey.