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Snare Drum Tuning Tips

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Summary: Every snare drum head needs to be tuned at one time or another. Learn tips on how to tune a snare drum head in this free video clip.

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By Jake Jorgensen
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Jake Jorgenson has been playing for a nationally ranked drum line team for 5 years. He has been playing drums for 7 years performs in Utah band Brohana and teaches drums.read more

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"So I've already gone over the details of tuning your snare drum. Now we're going to actually tune it. So you're going to want to loosen up your first lug right here. Just kind of get that finger feel. You want it so it's not touching yet. You just want to get that finger feel. And before you actually start tuning, you're going to want to kind of see, kind of maybe loosen these up a little. Just kind of see where the tones are already set, and where you want that tuned at. And so you can tell. I'm just going to bring these in maybe a few turns. And these aren't - I usually don't set my snare heads really tight. And so you just do that around the drum, and you're good on tuning."

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