Core Skills: What Frequencies Should I Tune My Drums To?

What's the right fundamental frequency for each drum in my kit?

If you're asking what frequencies you should tune your drums to, or what's the best fundamental frequency for each drum in my kit, then you've already made a step in the right direction with learning about drum tuning and drum acoustics. You'll already know that tightening either drumhead increases the fundamental frequency or pitch of the drum, and you'll be aware that bigger drums tune to lower frequencies than smaller drums. Equally, if you've followed our lesson on drumheads you'll know that thicker, coated or double-ply drumheads lead to lower frequencies too. You've probably also seen in our tutorials that a single drum can be tuned effectively over quite...[lesson locked]