Marching Bass Drums: The Ultimate Tuning Guide

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[@spike6192]

OMG THANK YOU, IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A WHILE. THE BASS DRUMS AT MY SCHOOL SOUND TERRIBLE

[@stephenbyrnes7205]

Video 40 of commenting until EMC makes an entire battery percussion section out of spocks and 8 inch splash cymbals

[@kmforst]

FWIW, in the DCI corps I marched and later taught, the horn staff were KEENLY aware of the bass drum and concert bass tuning, to the point where notes would have to be taken out if they were dissonant with the contras, or the overall tuning of the drums changed. To be honest, you could tell, it did make a difference. If only it were feasible to have an entire chromatic octave of concert basses in the front.....(well, there was that one year Crown could have pulled it off....)

[@Guitarnivore]

As a fellow Marine, but an untrained musician, I have no idea what you're doing in a lot of your videos, but I love it and I'm trying to learn.

[@mwm48]

My wife is a band director, I wish there could afford new bass drums they are in dire condition.

[@BoomerMusicCompany]

Be careful about pushing your finger on the middle of the head. Hardly anyone uses consistent touch/feel and hardly anyone places their finger in the exact same spot which alters the harmonics. Moon Gels or anything like that work great for this application; consistent pressure and surface area coverage. Great video!

[@graysonhayhurst9464]

As a bass drummer, I thank you for speaking in Bass Language

[@christinashelby6083]

So does this mean you'll be keeping an eye out for bigger bottom drums? Kinda cool you have your own set now!

[@Paul-kx1iu]

I just changed my line’s heads and got them tuned up. I usually just go with what sounds good, but I’m gonna try these intervals. Thank you very much!!! Additionally, we started using Pearl Mallet Stations for our front ensemble. I’m an old school no electronics kinda guy. Learning the software is challenging. Any recommendations? Preferably something that can stack voices and split the board to better utilize the advantages of these electric thangs…

[@squiddy7869]

I play trumpet why am I here

[@David_Drums]

The group I teach has received comments about our tuning being very nice this year from multiple judges. Idk if it's comparing us versus the competition's tuning but at nearly every show, we've had comments about snare, quad, and bass tuning being good.

[@ItsPandaaa]

my percussion teacher said we should tune our bass drums today after school and, what do you know, we got a guide on how to do it. thanks eric!

[@bigversion5122]

Thank you EMC. This helped a lot, my school’s basses 2, 3, and 4 were the exact same pitch while bass one was as high as a spock drum.

[@thematthewyoung]

Still blows my mind when you do those double stroke runs all by yourself on different recordings. You are built differently!!!

[@jaydgreen1]

The tuned and no effects sounds amazing, the tuned with the effects sounds so full and punchy! So good!

[@wileyiscool9630]

Loved this! Incredibly easy to understand, even for a bass player 😂

[@timothykarth7012]

Thank you so much for this. It has helped me with my brand new marching drum line.

[@BigJuice234]

I’m really enjoin your videos lately keep it up 👍

[@fuzzylightning]

Thanks for making this! I like this tuning scheme as well. I have no bass experience - I was a snare drummer my whole life lol.

[@yslsaintlaurent]

The HS drumline that I teach at has this exact bass drum size line minus the 22 inch. The only thing I do differently is instead of a major triad for the top drums, I tune a minor third instead.