Tuning Your Toms - Drum Lesson (DRUMEO)

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[charliepickard]

I find that the firmer I push my ear buds into my ear the better my drums sound.

[sinbeforegød]

20:12 "...I'm looking for that du, do, doo, dooo."

Every drummer: [Understands exactly what he's talking about] 💯

[jesse-johnwitkowski]

"We have our whole lives to play drums, take your time." Dude you're awesome, your double base technique was the first drum instructional I ever purchased. That was many years ago, I'm still a fan. Rock on, keep making these videos!

[speedcubesam]

Jared Falk: *hits tom*
Me: "wow thats sounds amazing"
Jared: "now that doesnt sound good at all"

[knreal]

This is why I love this channel. No bullshit advice like "you need to do it this way". I have so much downtime to learn and really dig deep with improving my playing since I had major leg surgery recently. Thanks for the great videos!

[ImTheDrummer]

Quick tip! If you want lower tom pitches, start with the lowest floor tom, and work your way up! 

[TheSMPStudios]

One of my favorite sounds in the world is the sound of a drumkey hitting a tension lug!!!!

[Ben]

Ok, I just want to point out, I notice when you put your drum heads on, you should equally tension each tension rod across from one another instead of clockwise around the drum shell. This is going to allow your drum head to sit better on the shell instead of having an uneven amount of pressure going down on one side of the drum head. It's ultimately going to mess with the full optimal amount of resonance of your drums, over all tone, and sound of them too. I'm not saying the drums sound bad and if your ears agree, then by all means tune them they way you'd like, but generally speaking, I don't think it's the best thing to be demonstrating what is generally considered to be an improper drum tuning technique by most drummers. Cheers!

[alreygella]

How to tune your toms? First:
Get a good drums!
Me: 😥

[thdrknight]

Good job!
And for everyone, you dont need to spent 10k on a set for amazing drum sounds.
I just tuned my Yamaha stage custom, using his tips and it sounds way better now.

[ColdSleep]

Man, Jared's drumming is beautiful. That long set of tom rolls at the end was just a work of art.

[forestkincaid]

I have played around with the drums for as long as I can remember. My dad is an amazing drummer but until recently I haven't taken it seriously. As a surprise My dad bought me a Pearl Vision 5 piece drum set to replace the the badly used and damaged one I have been playing on at my church. Your videos on tuning have helped me soooo much! I have also watched a lot of your videos on keeping time and downloaded the metronome app. It all has helped immensely, especially because I don't have any other drummer friends who can help me and my dad is in another state so I was at a complete loss on how to tune and I have to have a decent sounding set by Wednesday. I  just watched the video on how to tune the kick and it already sounds SSSOOOO much better. Its funny, a lot of people think that playing the drums is just a sort of Neanderthal act of beating on something with a stick and so when I would try to explain to people how much trouble I was having no one really understood that there is ACTUAL thought that goes into it! But thanks so much for your help!!! 

[BuddyMJake]

I love the lessons .and I dont mind saying that I'm 47 yrs old .ive always loved drums .I can't sing so I tried drums .When I was younger I always wanted a drum set .but mom and dad couldn't afford them .so I let my dream to play with peter criss the best drummer in my eyes .next to everyone who pick up a drum stick I love you guys and gals. I finally have a set of my owni have to say its amazing I wish I could have done this all my life .but when I would go to concerts I would always watched the drummers first show was Kiss, peter criss a rock god in my eyes .I know I will never be as good as peter criss ., or the ones who play daily. Part because getting older not as lumber .but I will always say a prayer for you .the drummer so god keeps you well please I think everyone in the band are great and with out there be no shows .but the drummer in my eyes are talented. I wish I could have followed my dream to be a drummer. God bless you all who play every night .now go rock the hell out of those drums.

[bryanharrison]

Its late, I live in an apartment, I'm watching this with the volume super low and STILL could immediately hear the slightest variations on the tom lugs as you tuned. lol. It ain't rocket science to those who have problems with tuning drums, if you're having trouble its because you're over thinking it and you're not trusting your ears or your gut... just relax. let the tuning happen, follow this wise young man's instructions, and your kit will sound fantastic.

[MeTuLHeD]

Jared says: "I remember when I was 15 or 16...I remember struggling with tom sound."

Hey Jared! Clue train! It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that you're now tuning/playing DW's top of the line series could it???

[DrumeoOfficial]

I always found them harder to tune but that is my personal opinion. I'd recommend trying different heads to find your own sound.

[philenns]

I like to use two keys and use graduated tightening at opposing lugs in a rotational progression. This saves a lot of time and benefits the head as it cross tensions to final preferred tuning. Yet and in short, whatever works for you, well, works!

[LuisNunez]

hopefully this guy goes down in some type of Drum hall of famer

[samara]

Thanks man, I'm 12 and I just got a pearl export kit for my first acoustic set and I was clueless on how to tune the drums 👍

[demisemedia]

I just bought a Tama Silverstar (birch). Changed the stock heads to Remo Coated Emperor and they sound BEAUTIFUL! Nice & warm with medium resonance and sustain. I like the bottom head being a little more loose as well!