Here is a great overview video discussing how to tune small toms to sound like big toms while still retaining attack for large rooms. Good for all toms, but especially helpful for those who own Mapex Drums. During this video you will learn step by step how to tune your toms to two different tuning intervals ( The Perfect 4th, and the Major 3rd) that help you get deeper tones out of smaller toms while still retaining attack. You will also hear a bit of discussion about the drums in terms of the series, and in terms of drummer Eric Boots Green. Mapex drums asked me to do an online tuning clinic at Lessonsquad.com discussing how I would put together a Mapex Saturn Evolution Kit for Mapex artist Eric "Boots" Green. He’s also one of the drummers for whom I tech. The clinic may have passed, but the tuning lessons still retain their value as this video is full of lessons that have succeeded in real life application for some of the biggest artists on the planet.

This is a step by step video on how to tune a 16" Floor Tom from "scratch" after loosening an already played head, and starting over. Includes 3 great tuning intervals. You also get to learn a few good intervals for using BETWEEN 2 toms as well. It's also a great video for learning my "+ X" 2 key tuning method for 8 lug drums. The technique used in this video can be applied to any drum with 8 lugs, and extrapolated to other lug patterns. As it says. A most useful drum tuning video.

This video is a Drum Tuning 101 crash course in single key drum tuning of a tom.Perfect for the beginner/intermediate tuner, or engineers/musicians looking to learn some basics about tuning drums with a focus on toms. This video is designed to cover a broad range of the fundamentals of drum tuning including tension patterns for 3 lug patterns, an in depth/step-by-step retuning of a 6-lug 12" tom to two different tunings, tuning intervals between heads, palm stretching, micro turns, key turning increments, and pitches.

A step-by-step video on how to rebalance and tune one 12" x 8" vintage Rogers Holiday tom to a specific set of pitches, then match tuning a second 12" x 8" modern Rogers Covington tom to the same pitch. Includes overhead tuning guides, pitches, Tune Bot, and Drum Dial Settings. A great lesson in using 2 key "stereo" drum tuning theory, and geometry to easily tune your tom to the desired pitch.

This is a step-by-step lesson in re-heading the reso side of a 14" floor tom, then tuning the floor tom to 2 different tunings. A seriously in depth lesson on using the 2 key tuning technique for an 8 lug drum, including the challenge of tuning a worn out batter head. Lessons include lesson graphs, pitches, tune-bot, and Drum Dial settings for those who use those tools.

This video is an in depth look at the difference in sound between a tuned front bass drum head (reso), and a wrinkle tuned front bass drum head (ie on with tension, but with wrinkles to control the tone). If you like the nonwrinkled sound of the reso head I give a step-by-step lesson on how to rebalance, and tune the Bass Drum resonant head using the stereo tuning method. This is also a good video for learning how to use a Drum Dial to suss out a hard to find tuning issue, as well as a great tuning for a 20 or 22" bass drum with no port in the front head. Lots to learn.

This video is a step by step lesson in rebalancing, reheading, and tuning a 13" by 6" , 8 lug GK Drums Maple snare drum to three different tunings. It's a great video on how to tune an 8 lug snare, and covers lessons on how to quickly solve tons of common tuning problems. Learn how to get a High Tension Crack, a Higher Tension Crack, and a lower tension Phat Back sound. All three sounds are tunings that can make this snare your main snare, or a great side snare. It's also a great video for learning how to use 2 Key Tuning on an 8 lug drum.

Here's a step-by-step video on how to re-balance, and tune a snare from where it stands after a gig, to where it was before. Then tuning it up to a predetermined set of pitches. Great lesson in 10 lug tuning theory, and applying geometrical patterns to visualize the drum's tension layout.