Lesson 11
Core Skills: Snare Drum Tuning
A step-by-step workflow for tuning a snare from finger-tight to studio-ready, with suggested ranges for different diameter and depth snares.
Everyone loves a superb snare sound. Even those who don't know it; listeners involuntarily tap and clap along to the backbeat, and if it cuts through a track with power and style then it can make the hairs on your neck stand up. In fact, drummers and music producers are generally very particular about snare sounds, both in live performances and when recording or mixing a song in the studio. It can be one of the true defining 'sonic signatures' of a recording, and we often crave the 'perfect snare sound' in the same way that a guitarist spends years developing their ideal tone combination of guitar, effects pedals and amplifiers, or a pianist might be excited to play one...[lesson locked]
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Course content by Professor Rob Toulson – Professor of Musical Acoustics, Inventor of iDrumTune and author of the book Drum Sound and Drum Tuning: Bridging Science and Creativity.