Tuning a Snare Drum by Ear

Video Transcript

"Now that we've finished getting our drum ready for tuning - step one, pretty much - we're going to start the actual tuning, listening in, checking for that sound quality, making sure all lugs are the same exact sound. So you're going to start, right now, with this first one. I want to hear - let's see - hear what sound, where I'm at in pitch-wise. And really you want a pah, pah. You want a really high-pitched sound, so we're going to want to be tuning these a little bit more higher. Yeah, that sounds about right. Let's see, put four on those. A lot of it, you just have to be experienced at listening on your heads and being able to tell when - if it needs higher or lower. You just got to be making sure you're going opposites, making sure that one - every tone is the exact same, every pitch. Wanting to be making sure that's the pitch you want, and that's the kind of style you want to be incorporating in your tuning."