Andrea
No matter how you want your drums to sound, the tuning process is fairly the same. But if you are not sure where to begin, don’t worry. I will show you how to tune a jazz drum set.
Start by resting the drum head over the shells’ bearing edges and place the hoop over the head while aligning each hole with a lug.
Loosely insert the tension rods into the hoop and tighten with your finger. And then continue to tighten each tension rod using the same amount. Because you are looking for high pitched tuning, turn more each time up to 90 degrees.
Once you gave a rough tune, continue until you have a fine-tune. Repeat the process with either side of the drum head, and with every drum in your set until you are satisfied.
Follow the same order to fine-tuning until there are no overtones. This depends on personal preferences.
What Is the Best Note to Tune Your Toms to On A Drum Set for Jazz?
Tuning drums is a fundamental part of getting the desired tone. Jazz drums are particularly very easy to tune.
There is a fairly wide range of fundamental pitches, which are differentiated by sound and resonant clarity.
For Jazz, high tuning is more recommended. In other words, you need to set the toms on a high note so that their resonant sings clearly. Dampening is not well recommended.
On the 14-inch tom, you may want to try a frequency of about 100 at A2 octave. Your drum tuner will show you these ranges.
