iDrumTune

Why Bother with Drum Tuning?

But drums have a whole bunch of different things to consider. Not least, there are potentially 5, 6, 8, 10 or 12 tuning lugs on the drumhead, which all individually can affect the sound. But that’s doubled by the second drumhead on the bottom, which also has 5, 6, 8, 10 or 12 tuning lugs too. Add that to the fact there are a number of drums in the kit, each of different sizes and depths and a multitude of drumhead styles to choose from, not to mention the fact that each song and music genre potentially requires a slightly different drum sound. If you’re playing drums in a big reverberant space, then you might need to dampen the drums too, so that the reverb in the room doesn’t ring on forever after you hit the drum. Before you know, it there are just too many permutations to make sense of!