How To Tune Your Drums

Tuning your drums can be really frustrating. And if you go online to learn more about it you're likely going to get even more frustrated because of all the conflicting information that's out there about it. But back in the day, before this internet thing took off, there was actually only one way to tune your drums and it boils down to a 5 step process that I want to share with you today. Get my lesson transcriptions or book a one-on-one lesson with me: https://jeffrandalldrumming.com/links Follow me: https://youtube.com/@JeffRandallDrumming http://instagram.com/jeffrandalldrumming https://facebook.com/jeffrandalldrumming https://tiktok.com/@jeffrandalldrumming 0:00 Intro 0:41 Start with the rack tom 0:58 The 5 steps 1:28 Prep tension rods 2:39 Get wrinkles out 4:30 Set tuning range 6:19 Dial in pitch relationship 10:04 Fine tune 13:39 Tuning floor tom 15:03 Comparing the toms 15:47 Tuning snare drum 20:25 Tuning bass drum 21:57 Testing the kit 23:14 Dampening bass drum 24:33 Dampening snare and toms 25:15 Killing the sustain 25:45 Outro