How To Tune Your Toms - Drum Lesson

First things first YouTubers, this is how "I" tune my toms and I hope you all understand that I'm not telling that this is the ONLY way to do it. I just want to shed a little light on the way I approach tuning my toms and I hope that you gain a few knowledge nuggets out of it 🍵🙏🍵

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0:00 Intro
1:15 Removing the head
1:50 Check for imperfections
2:30 Heads have tone
3:00 Seating the head
4:00 Mute the bottom head
4:30 Let's start tuning
6:50 Tuning for feel
7:30 Using the TuneBot
10:15 Tuning the floor tom
13:30 On the kit
15:30 Thanks for watching

[mikedover]

I love tuning but if I’m honest about it, my favorite part of tuning is smelling the inside of the shells. Best scent ever!!!

[jjdywah..]

My dad doesn't understand why I'm always taking off the heads and putting them back on.... but now I feel that I KNOW what sound I want so it only takes me 10-15 min to tune my drums. but i personally just find it fun to take my drums apart and put them back together.

[thelowertownsound]

Best tuning video i've seen. Answered questions i didn't even know i had. I love the idea of taking feel into account. That's rarely addressed in any tuning videos i've seen. Your teaching is top notch!

[marcusbrown]

Mike, your drums always sound amazing! Can't believe that's only one mic!

[mikeslessons]

Did you guys/gals hear the tone of the new head? How freaking cool is that???

[tavo]

Congrats for 200k subs, u deserve so many more! Thanks for teaching with that passion! 🙏

[aligrant]

I must say mike, the camera quality is absoloutely amazing! I know how much effort, time and focus you put into the visuals, and trust me, it really doesn't go unnoticed!

[MyConcertLife]

I ain’t going to lie, you making the sounds with your mouth acutely helped me a ton because I understood everything you were talking about from that. I’ve only been drumming for a year & some change but I’m glad I found your channel. Too many people do to much or say to much. Thank you

[MarkDuffyPhotography]

I need a "Sounds like Buttered Ass" t-shirt in my life!

[humbertoleandro]

"I've in YouTube since 2005/2006" that's how long I've been watching your videos Mike. Bought my first drumset in 2006 and went to YouTube and typed "drum lessons". Changed my life!

[CharlesTPrimm]

This is excellent. I was fortunate enough to get an in-depth lesson on tensioning from the Mighty Max Weinberg before a show back in 1980. Never forgot it. Same principles. Can't stress enough how important the feel is.

[DC-xtpt]

I have watched a LOT of tuning videos in my quest to hone the art of drum tuning and I must say, this is definitely one of the best vids out there. Thanks.

[johnnyrodriguez]

For the past week and 1/2 I've been removing all the cobwebs off my TAMA Swingstar 7 piece set and I've already tuned up my snare but I've never been familiar with tuning up my tom toms and floor tom. Your video was super informative and I have a great knowledge of what I'm doing and looking for. Much appreciated 😊

[drummerjqa]

explaining about starting with a "pure tone" and going from there is an awesome way to think about it. Too many people miss that and tune too high and choke the head or its too loose and they try to tune from flappy. That used to be my problem when I started to try to get my tuning together and the issue most of my students have

[rockytoprecordingreviews]

Very helpful and informative video!

The more care and intention you put into your drums and their maintenance the closer you get to those drums.

[patcarrano]

Thank you Mike !
Yes the FEEL of the drums is just as important as the tuning .
(Something I've battled with forever ) ...but it does also depend upon the genre of music you're playing . When the kit sounds & feels good it just makes you WANT to play them because it's pure joy !
God bless

[Goose]

Where was this video 25 years ago? This is great.

Also, something you did but didn’t comment on is something one of my teachers taught me way back. For those wondering, when loosening the head while tuning, note that Mike went PAST where he wanted then slightly tuned back up. This helps the head stay in tune.

Thanks for the video Mike.

[DrumminmanU]

Best tuning video I've ever seen hands down. This is the part of drumming I find most frustrating but it's obviously necessary. Also, those toms sound absolutely perfect to my ears but of course I'm an old jazz guy so I love that sound. Bravo Sir. 🙂

[odeskoo]

Imma sit n my room and practice tuning my drums.
AWESOME.
thanks MJ

[adesojiadeyeye]

Another awesome class!!!. I'm getting more knowledge and increased confidence on my drum skills. Thanks