How To Tune Your Snare Drum

Practicing drum beats, drum fills, hand and foot technique, drum rudiments and drum solos are the biggest part of what we do on our practice time. However good you might be, your chops and musicality will take a back seat to the way your drum set sounds if it isn’t tuned properly. Therefore, it’s essential for you to practice your abilities to tune your drums if you ever want them to sound any good. In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk goes over the different steps he follows to tune the snare drum to his liking. He also shares some tips and tricks that will have you tuning snare drums like a pro.

Think of this free drum lesson as a way of learning a bunch of very useful techniques for snare drum tuning. Don’t worry too much about knowing what the right sound for your snare drum should be. As you practice your tuning abilities and explore the possibilities, your ears will start telling you what you like and what you don’t like. Listening to your favorite recordings is a very good way of checking what type of snare sound you like the most as well.

Once you’re done tuning the snare drum to your liking, you might find that it rattles a lot once you hit a rack-tom, or that it rings and resonates for too long. Check the free drum lesson “How To Muffle Your Drums” to learn about the muffling techniques Jared enjoys using for getting rid of unwanted resonance and ring, and for decreasing sympathetic snare buzz.

If you’d like to learn how to tune the remaining drums on your drum set, check the free drum lessons “How To Tune Your Bass Drum” and “How To Tune Your Toms“.

How To Muffle Your Drums

In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk takes you through some of the muffling techniques he likes to employ for getting rid of sympathetic snare buzz, unwanted snare ring, and overall drum set resonance. The muffling techniques he teaches in this free drum lesson are great for any live or studio setting. Give this free drum lesson a try, and you’ll be muffling your drums like a pro in no time.

Knowing how to tune your drum set is the most important part of getting your drums to sound great for live gigs, recording sessions, and rehearses. Muffling should only be used to get rid of unwanted ring and resonance, and not as something to help you cover up for bad tuning and poor tuning skills. Learn how to make your drums sound good by practicing your tuning skills first. Only then should you mess around with some muffling options and learn how to muffle your drums properly.

If you’d like to learn about some very cool tuning techniques, we encourage you to check the free drum lessons “How To Tune Your Snare Drum“, “How To Tune Your Bass Drum“, and “How To Tune Your Toms“. Those free drum lessons are packed with cool tuning techniques Jared Falk uses for getting his drums to sound fantastic for any situation.