How to tune a Jazz Drum kit?

How do you tune a drum kit?

• Answer:

  Learning how to tune drums properly isn't easy. It's quite a complex thing to get good at and will take some time. There area a few basic steps: 1 - put new drum heads of the drum shell. 2 - loosely tighten all the lugs with your fingers. 3 - go around each lug and tighten with a drum key. 4 - tap the drum head to make sure it sounds clear. 5 - adjust each lug so they all give the same pitch. 6 - raise or lower the overall drum head pitch til you get the sound you want. Practicing how to tune drum kit is the only way to get really good. With time, you'll be able to do drum tuning much faster and more accurately. answer: OK TUNING IS THE MAIN KEY YOU HAVE TO DO IT OR NO BENEFITS,MIGHT AS WELL TUNE THEM WHEN YOU HAVE TIME TUNE TUNE TUNE TUNE MEN,THE SECRET IS IF YOU HAVE 6 RODS MEANS ITS ONE OF THEM OPPOSITE INSIDE ON THE HEAD NEAR EACH ONE YOU HEAVE SOND,SO IF YOU TIGHTEN THEM BY HAND ALL OF THEM,THEN START FROM HALF TURN,THEN HIT IT WITH THE STICK ON THE CENTER SEE WHAT IS THE SOUND RIGHT,DO IT ON THE BOTTOM HEAD SAME PROCEDURES,THE MAIN KEY IS PUT IT ON THE PILLOW UNDER IT SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUND CLEARLY EACH TONE,THATS IT MEN PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE,YOU DONT NEED A CD OR BOOK,YOU WILL GET THERE ALL KINDS BUT YOU HAVE TO PART IT ONCE EACH DAY DO IT A HABIT THEN,WHAT I MEAN IS IF YOU BUYING AN EXPENSIVE DRUMS NICE DRUMS THAT YOU HEAR ON THE RADIO SONGS OR LIVE,YOU WANT TO BUY THOSE DRUMS RIGHT?,YOU WONT GET THOSE SOUND IF YOUR NOT GOOD ON TUNING,KEEP THE PRACTICE YOU WILL BE GOOD,YOU HAVE TO GET ON IT