Drums & tuning

Ra Byn James Taylor btnaudio@flash.net
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:41:57 -0600


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For what it's worth, many of the better drum companies actually size a =
drum shell to a certain note. "Drum Workshop" or "DW" for short stamps =
the note of each drum on the inside of the shell.=20

many of the top studio drummers tune their toms to 1, Maj 3, 4, 5 etc... =
intervals relating to the key of the song so when they play a fill the =
notes don't clash with the other instruments. The drums get retuned to =
accent the chords of the each new song.=20

For those of you who don't know this, a drum lug has a square head on it =
much like a piano tuning pin. Older drums only had 6 or 8 lugs per side. =
Newer fads have added 10 or 12 lugs per side. This means that to tune =
one drum you have a total of 20 or 24 lugs to adjust. You're trying to =
match the tension between all of them to the exact same spot. Many =
drummers & drum techs don't know how to achieve this end result so what =
you get is a thud sound with no resonance..........


ra byn james
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