Floor Tom Tuning High

It just sounded like it couldn t decide whether or not it wanted to be a tom or floor tom.

Floor tom tuning high.

Then i just tune the floor tom a fourth down. If your high tom in particular is making the snare ring and buzz in sympathy try to adjust its pitch first and then adjust the resonant bottom head down slightly to remove a little of the ring. I like how you are able to be over your drums and not have them chest high. So i ve got a tama starclassic bubinga omni tune kit that tends to sound fantastic.

Grab those toms you ve been having trouble tuning forever. These intervals chords and songs provide numerous tuning options that work well for just about any drumset and type of sound you want. Unless you tune your floor tom up higher than usual the fundamental pitch won t be all that prominent with how low it is. For the same four toms call to the post would be c2 f2 a2 c3 or c 2 f 2 a 2 c 3 or d2 g2 b2 d3 depending on the pitch you want for the 16 floor tom.

Help with tuning floor tom to reduce resonance. It s not normally necessary to remove every last bit and toms can always. Then i have a mounted 14 tom and a 16 floor tom. When tuning most toms you ll find a level where the head will sound warm and bright across its surface.

We re gonna get them. If you re lucky you could come across this at one or two levels. I also have a 13 tom and mounted that to the left of my hi hat. The only problem is the toms tend to resonate more than most i ve encountered so it s really easy for the 16 tom to get away from you during a particularly heavy tom part.

When trying to tune the batter head of a floor tom try to do it in its natural environment. My toms are a lot deeper than yours and can t get my 12 tom to match up with my 10 tom without having to bring it way up and tilt it. There will always be a little bit of ring from drums but that s fine. I ve found that 8 13 toms that aren t overly deep can really hold an actual note value.

Personally i find that a ringy floor tom sounds just fine if you are planning to play with other people but if you need the ring gone tape muffle rings and moon gels should fix it. Yes let it be in a position where you could easily play it. Headphones recommended for workshop the title is pretty self explanatory. I ve always had trouble tuning them too especially when i had a 14.