{"id":25101,"date":"2016-04-25T16:45:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T14:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=25101"},"modified":"2020-04-22T16:24:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:24:47","slug":"tuning-a-snaredrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/learn\/tuning-a-snaredrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuning a Snaredrum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like any instrument tuning a snare drum is necessary and often times underestimated. A tuned drum<\/strong><\/a> will have a rounder and warmer sound. The snare drum<\/strong><\/a> is the heart of a drum set, therefore we dedicate this article to tuning this instrument. Each step of the process will be explained as well as demonstrated in the matching video.<\/p>\n

Step 1<\/strong>: Place the batter head on the drum shell, followed by the hoop. Then screw the tension rods until there\u2019s a noticeable resistance.<\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/strong> Press the centre of the drumhead down until the skin is resting on the edge the shell.<\/p>\n

Step 3:<\/strong> Tighten the tuning screws crosswise evenly in 1\/8 turns until you have reached the desired tone \/ voltage. We recommend using a drum tuning key<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In finding the right pitch, strike within 3cm from the clamping screws. When all notes are identical, your snare is in tune.\u00a0 Each tuning rod lets you adjust the tone. The tighter, the higher tone and the looser, the lower the tone. The batter head is now tuned.<\/p>\n

Step 4<\/strong>: Under the snare drum, we stretch the resonant head including snare wires as we did the batter head. First loosen the wires using the snare strainer, found on the side of the snare. The snare wires\u00a0should not come\u00a0in contact with the skin during tuning, so therefore a\u00a0drumstick<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is placed between the skin and the wires. In similar fashion to the batter head, check the tone by tightening the tension rods and striking the skin.<\/p>\n

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Two important points that may affect the tonal character of your snare should be clarified: the voltage ratio<\/strong> between the batter head<\/strong> and resonant drumhead<\/strong> and the snare tension<\/strong> in\u00a0position to\u00a0the snare wires and\u00a0the resonant drumhead. If the latter is loose, then the vibration will be longer and create a rattling sound.<\/p>\n

A word about the replacement<\/strong> of drum heads<\/a><\/strong>: As with stringed instruments, there comes a time when they should be changed. With stress comes the loss of strength and clarity, which also becomes visible.<\/p>\n

\"Tune<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a tool that can make your life easier:\u00a0The Tune Bot Drum Tuner<\/a><\/strong>, an electronic drum tuner. It measures the tone of the shells, the overall tone of the skin and frequency. But ultimately, it\u2019s up to your ears and own personal preferences that decide how your snare should sound.
\nHave fun tuning your snare! Questions and comments are welcome below.<\/p>\n

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A well-tuned snare drum is essential for a perfect sound. Here is a step by step explanation on how to tune a snare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":25015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tblog_post_audio_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learn"],"category_colors":{"color_key":"learn","css_classes":{"text":"cat-learn","text_light":"cat-learn-light","bg":"cat-bg-learn","bg_light":"cat-bg-learn-light","border":"cat-border-learn","text_on_bg":"cat-text-on-learn"}},"reading_time":{"minutes":2,"formatted":"2 min"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}