How To Tune Your Drums (Jared Falk)

Faster Hands & Feet (in 10 days)

2:00 - How To Tune Your Toms
11:42 - How To Tune Your Snare
14:20 - Drum Head Choice
15:14 - How To Tune Your Bassdrum

Learning to tune drums is like learning to ride a bicycle: even if you have someone showing you how to do it, you’ll need to practice over and over until the balance is just right. It’s all about trial and error.

Tuning drums really is about personal preference. It can take some time to find the heads, tension, and pitch that you like the most. It’s not rocket science; you just have to put in the work. Once you have a method and sound that works for you, eventually you won’t even have to think about it.

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[vermillion]

Just tried tuning my drums. They sound 10x worse than before

[MeezyPeezy]

“Little bit flat right?”

No, I have no idea that’s why I’m here 😂

[ramonatrippel]

Jared, I am a 64 year old woman (not at heart!) learning the drums FINALLY. I have to say you are a wonderful teacher! You explain everything so anyone could understand it. I have wanted to play since I was 7 years old, and for many reasons it did not work out. I want to learn enough so I can play in my worship band at church. THANK YOU so much for helping me live out my dream! God bless you!

[theego]

Drums are a musical instrument.
It's strange how so many drummers pay tuning little attention.

[aerithburirit]

After all this years of playing. That "Du Du Du" is all I need to learn to tune this kit. Thanks man

[brunosarramide]

Even the detensioned drums sound better than my drums now

[SEJay-gjcv]

Jared has taught me more about drumming in a few months watching these drumeo videos than I did in over a decade playing! Made me such a better drummer, very grateful for these! Many thanks guys and please keep it up :)

[benfaulkenberry]

Beginner drummer here and I just wanted to say your videos are awesome. I spent most of 2018/2019 having fun and getting acquainted with my kit. In the last 3 months, I have been watching YouTube videos to develop technique and to really learn how to play. Your videos have improved my abilities faster than I ever would have imagined. I've been practicing heel-toe for about 6 weeks, and it is now making its way into my playing in a natural way. Thanks for making drumming seem like something anyone can do. I've played stringed instruments since I was 11(36 now), and drumming for 2 years has even improved those skills. (Ex. Coming back around to the 1 in free form jamming seems more natural and relaxed, so much less anxiety about where to go and how to get back to the groove).

[davidfisher]

Hey Jared, thanks for the video, I’m just setting up my first acoustic set and your comments about “finding what works for me” really made sense. The vid gives me more confidence to keep trying different things and get to know how it works, so thanks!

[damohsyoutube]

It didn't work on my Remo Silentstroke. 😂

[cbaum]

I think a really big thing to consider here is that many people think that tuning alone is going to get them a really focused and rich tone because of what they see and hear on the internet. Drums will NEVER sound processed, compressed, and EQ’d just from tuning techniques, so knowing, accepting, and working with that fact is essential when starting out.

[bruceenglund]

Thanks, Jared--good video! I'm a 65 year-old disabled Veteran (spinal trauma and TBI) who tired of weekly physical and occupational therapy appointments. Decided to re-teach myself on how to play the drums to establish coordination and brain processing. Bought a Ludwig 7-piece kit with the intention to learn how to tune myself with 'later on' help from you! When installing the heads, I some how knew to finger tighten and eventually tension batter and resonance head two turns each. Amazing results--watched your video and you provided me with the advanced skills--especially with the snare drum AND, the importance to tune to 'what sounds good in my head'. Recently bought some 'Mutt Muffs' (canine hearing protection) for my service dog Layla (named after my favorite Clapton song) for wear during my incessant pounding on the kit! Well on to your next video (kit set-up) 'Rudiments On', Jared--Bruce sends.

[sergeadimari]

Thanks for the heads up on tuning. I'm an old school player getting back into drumming and am loving all your stuff. All the little thing l've struggled with when l was younger are getting fixed with your help. So thanks and keep being your best.
Serge

[tigcamp]

I loved your videos and explanations! They are so natural, no technical stuff or such. All prompts to you Jared!!! Thank you for making me feel that playing drums can be about having fun and not being frustrated about perfection in notes and tones. Thank you!

[ilias-lakisservos]

Hi Jared. I'm ILIAS. I come from Greece.
I'm 55 years old and i just got my first drums set. It's a Pearl Decade Maple set. I'm now making my first steps in playing drums and your videos have helped me a lot.
These days i tried to tune my set. More or less i almost managed to do it and now i'm trying to take my first lessons, watching your videos of course. Also i saw the video about holding the sticks in the correct way.
Thank you very much for your help. Keep doing that so usefull to us work.

[SwordCymbal]

Thank you for this. Best tuning your kit vid under 20mins I’ve seen. All good, no filler with un needed info that would just confuse a newb like me anyway.

[nathanhunter]

I loved the direction that gives freedom to simply tune your drums to what you like and ditch what you don't like. Seems ultra simple, but given the tips to know how to tune your drums here mixed with tuning til you like it is great! Thank you!

[Sebastian-ptqx]

Jared left me encouraged to tune my drums all over again. Thank you!

[WW-wftu]

I consider myself a novice. A beginner even. (after years of "playing") And while I have done all of what you and other pro's do, it never ceases to amaze me how good it makes me feel to know I am NOT doing it wrong. lol. I set my 1st kit up based off of how I thought it should be. I started my stick work on how I thought it should be.(grip, style) Then after some time(unknown months) I looked up whether what I was doing was wrong or bad. Come to find out, there is NO WRONG to it. It is always about personal comfort and preferences. Pro's will admit after 20+ years they are still reconfiguring their kits. Still adjusting things. Tinkering. And having epiphanies decades later. I should have done this years ago! lol. My 1st major epiphany had to do with the angle my toms were at. After months of an extreme angle, (because I seen someones kit that way)I adjusted the pieces to a flatter position and wholly @#$%! I should have done that months ago! lol I don't know that I will ever feel like I am past a beginner, but I know that no matter how bad I play, I am in good company when it comes to set ups and the mechanics of all this.

[jorjo.drummer]

This is straight forward and confirms that "at the end of the day" it's preference and ear that will make your drums sound great to you! Thanks Jared!