How to Tune Drums Course

Learn how to tune drums with an in-depth video course

Drummers must learn how to tune drums properly. It can seem mysterious, like a black art. It can get frustrating and that great drum sound becomes an elusive dream.

But it's actually not that hard and once you develop a method you will find it quick and easy.

In this course you will learn how to tune drums properly, but also how the drum kit works as one instrument.

You will learn:

  • How to prepare a drum when changing the head
  • How to tune the snare drum
  • How tune the bass drum
  • How to tune toms
  • The relationship between the top and bottom head
  • How to muffle drums
  • Which drum heads to buy
  • Which tools exist to help you tune
  • And more.....


It really is comprehensive and gives you everything you need to start tuning drums and achieving a great drum sound.

Let's start learning how to tune drums.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome Video

    2. Types of Drum Heads

    3. Tom, Snare and Bass Head Configurations

    4. Rims, Lug Counts, Suspension Mounts

    1. Prepare the Drum Head

    2. Tom Bottom Head

    3. Tom Top Head

    4. Tom Relationship

    1. Snare Top Head

    2. How To Tune The Snare Bottom Head (taken from Youtube)

    3. Muffling Options

    4. How To Change Snare Wires

    5. How to Reduce Snare Buzz

    1. How to Attach a Bass Drum Pedal

    2. Tuning the Bass Drum

    1. Drum Kit as a Whole

    1. Tuning Aid Devices

    2. Final Test

    3. What next?

About this course

  • $19.99
  • 19 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

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