Tuning a snare drum in 60 seconds | Elevation Worship

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[@ChudLife]

the most unrealistic part is him not searching for his drum key for the first 50 seconds

[@ReidTheRulesGuy]

I literally can't find mine rn ☹️

[@merguetroidrittzlesnat2287]

This is so on-point. I'm a bassist, and I always carry 2 spare instrument cables, 2 sets of guitar strings, a spare guitar strap, 2x 9-volt batteries...and a drum key. Every second or third gig, seems like some moron forgot, broke, or lost their at the gig. 😊 Typically, whomever I bailed out with my "survival kit" gives me their share of the tips.

[@stevecameron8172]

And the snare stand is open ?

[@sawyersaucetm]

I can literally never find my drum key. Whenever I find it it's always by the kick pedal. Never fails to make me rip the room apart

[@t.s.railfanning]

​@@ReidTheRulesGuy i keep mine on my key ring

[@terrystowers6085]

He had the drum kind of in tune there, then he did a few last moment tension adjustments on seemingly random rods, and took it right back way out of tune. You can hear the oscillating high pitched frequencies, similar to a guitar string being tuned after striking a harmonic. I couldn’t make sense of his tuning pattern after his first couple of cycles around the drum, but I wasn’t hearing what he was hearing. Anyway, it’s a good lesson on why you shouldn’t attempt to tune a drum in under a minute, I suppose. Thanks. 👍

[@Zozothedrummer]

That is really far from being "high" or "cracking"

[@unofficialbobcat]

Bro had 60 seconds chilll

[@milanoocartman451]

chilll yo

[@ivannieves154]

5 or 6 turns in each lug and your set for that nice crack.

[@pouchairsoft]

it’s for worship 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@unofficialbobcat]

@@pouchairsoft good point actually

[@blake6440]

That is the lowest "high" snare drum I've ever heard.

[@DudeMcGuybro]

And the most out of tune "tune" I've ever heard lol.

[@marcofonte7246]

he had 60s chiiillll

[@hannes1734]

Especially for a skall snare. That's medium at best

[@jakefromstatefarm6205]

Snare wires sound loose

[@bigcaulkhead6140]

Hate tuning my snare…. Thats exactly what my snare sounds like until I dampen it with my wallet. It’s poop.

[@kingvontheist5436]

It's how it's supposed to be. You're supposed to use moon jell to dampen it 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@jakefromstatefarm6205]

@@kingvontheist5436 Moon jell is to dampen overtones. Has nothing to do with the tightness of the snare wires

[@kingvontheist5436]

@@jakefromstatefarm6205 💀 That's why you don't listen to a saxophonist give advice on percussion instruments

[@aaronli4171]

Maybe the bottom head aint tight enough too

[@dustinhutchinson6275]

As a drummer for 26 years, you're going to destroy your heads fast without having a consistent lug altering pattern😅. Strainer needs adjusted. That snare sounds like mud😢

[@Shakeitdontmistakeit]

Def got to tighten the strainer. Can't imagine when the amps get plugged in 😢😅😮

[@My.Life.So.Far.]

I came to the comment section to say the same thing… 😂

[@doublesynchrohelix8613]

Old wives tale, so is the other guy saying you'll "warp the rim and drum". This is only true when switching heads and its only to make tuning easier, so is pushing hard with both hands to break up a brand new bead while doing it. If you go to any good studio or watch any road-weathered tech, once general tension is attained, you tune each lug to each other, you won't be doing the star pattern. A studio will sometimes go clockwise with a small keyboard and tone match. Also haven't seen anyone mention tuning the reso head as important. Anyone know without Googling if or when you tune the reso head higher, lower, or identical to the batter head? Surely all these experts do....

[@euca9569]

@@doublesynchrohelix8613 for snares you crank the reso head so that you get a good snare response. Batter head on snares you can tune to whatever tuning you like it. For toms, I like it simple with matching batter and reso for frequencies. It’s sounds too good to be true but it works haha. I generally tune batter and then reso for toms.

[@Junebug787]

You don’t play enough if your heads are wearing out faster strictly to lug pattern

[@arise8078]

I'm convinced 90% of the people in the comment section have never been within 5 feet of a drum.

[@StefBelgium]

Why?

[@sethgarcia5339]

Yah he just needs to tighten the snair chain a little bit

[@dreichert1438]

I'm convinced if you knew anything about tuning drums you would know this is completely the wrong approach and it's still sounded like garbage. That tune job would last through half a song. But you would know that if you had been within 5 feet of a drum

[@arise8078]

​@D Reichert I said this because people are saying things like "I didn't know you needed to tune drums" or something stupid like "now do that between songs". Of course I know how tuning a drum works, I mess around with my snare all the time.

[@arise8078]

@D Reichert Also yes I know this wasn't a good approach. It sounded alright to me, but sound is subjective.

[@bobbyvgl]

I believe in tuning my drums like lug nuts on a tire. Opposites so the head stretches evenly. Just my 2 cents

[@BluePhantomCavalier]

That’s How I learned it’s supposed to be… if they learned from a music teacher. I’m sure this method works ok in a pinch but opposite sides for most accurate tuning

[@maxonmendel5757]

I came here to say that

[@gavjam]

If the head doesn't 'stretch evenly' it won't be in tune

[@jBun12]

I was taught this not only to keep the head evenly tensioned, but also spread the forces out evenly amongst the lugs/shell.

[@buwumet]

​@@jBun12 this. Shell and rim can warp slightly for uneven pressure around the head. The head stretching evenly is barely an issue

[@palodecoba]

This is the type of video that causes the audience to be confused

[@samtrewin4270]

When you trigger everything, it doesn't matter how it is tuned.

[@shjackson100]

It definitely still does

[@cmt8485]

Lol not true, head tension plays a massive part in rebound

[@cormacbohren3175]

entirely untrue

[@Crazymelvis]

It wouldn’t, except elevation doesn’t trigger anything.

[@jonathancrowell4648]

@@Crazymelvis that is 100% false they absolutely do lol

[@steevidrums]

Didn’t test bottom head pitch first, okay. That would have been my first step.

[@hazardeur]

this is the millenial version of doing it.

[@mindfelds]

⭐️ please don’t tune around lugs randomly 😒

[@MichaelSmith-ho7so]

Since a star patterns so hard

[@optimus]

My guy never pressed once on the head

[@Brento44]

Psssst, scrap this and redo. That was awful.

[@jjjjjjjj852]

Bro have you even been near a snare drum or heard it? He only had 60 seconds and he did a pretty good job. Chill

[@FlankinspanK]

@@jjjjjjjj852 he just made it sound the same just different pitch 😂

[@jjjjjjjj852]

@@FlankinspanK still 60 seconds to tuning a snare drum, that is much harder than tuning a guitar or bass (for example)

[@pete3816]

@@jjjjjjjj852 60 seconds or not, it’s still a terrible example of how to tune a drum.

[@jjjjjjjj852]

@Pete I know. For context, I have played drums for 4 years and guitar for 1 year. Yes, it is a sloppy way of how to do it. Yes, it will get out of tune very fast, but it does sound sorta accurate to an actual snare drum. I know that you should start at the bottom, all the way to the top. It's just that I have rarely seen a drum being tuned as they don't really get out of tune that much.

[@ZeCockOfTheWalk]

Ah yes, I also disregard everything except slightly tightening the batter head when tuning a snare.

[@Druid_Plow]

Snarewire? No, never been there.

[@lentzintl]

@@Druid_Plow the bottom head tension can be ignored. It is only there for aesthetics.

[@lannyfce4786]

@@lentzintl yeah you actually don’t even need a bottom snare head

[@TimMillernapavalleyfilmworks]

Easy

[@lukef752]

@@Druid_Plowu still use one of those?

[@dampnoodle]

I keep my dad's(who has passed) drum key on my keychain because why not.

[@callanc3925]

I keep a drum key on my key chain as well. If I'm at a gig i'll have my keys with me so its guaranteed ill have a drum key with me too

[@RafaelSerial]

Lars would stopped by the first five seconds for St. Anger

[@Erotified]

Pretty swampy sounding for a 13" drum

[@joandrumz3176]

He had 60 seconds man

[@stuiedaman]

​@@joandrumz3176 and it still sounds like shit. Doesn't change fax

[@mikemayhem39]

Bruh didn’t even match the lugs and he got a trash can sound instead of a crack

[@Thefineartofdistraction]

Just throwing it out there, I’m never gonna get this guy to tune any of my kits, let alone any of my snares

[@spaceghost9347]

and that's why you always start with the reso head, especially on snare drums.

[@loganpierce6041]

Here’s a real simple way, bottom head table top tight, top head tighten it to feel. Swear it sounds good every time

[@Boognish_]

TF is table top tight?

[@frankkortez3569]

How tight should the bottom head be? If you were to measure it by full turns.

[@danielzurrica2nd359]

I’ve never knew you can tune a drum 😮 Cool to know

[@mikep8182]

You’re not done yet

[@earlofcockgobblingshire3666]

Goes in circle instead of star Trash

[@DanMarcelino]

I always start with the bottom head. Table top tight, snare wires loose and then the top head start from finger tight and evenly come up till it suits the song. With the bottom head super tight and snare wires loose, the top head will sound good no matter what.

[@GrooveeGear]

Finally!!

[@hu-ry]

You are absolutely right. This yt short is just bs

[@ChristopherHallett]

Keep going bruh, give us that St. Anger sound!

[@DowntownDrumming]

I think he should tune the bottom head and also tighten the snare wires a lot

[@beatmasterbossy]

Funny story, I'll get it close without even hitting it with a stick I'll tune it close by sense of smell Then I'll employ the stick for the fine tuning

[@dovemaarika1668]

This is so funny

[@NottElliott]

Truly amazing what more a percussionist can learn about the instruments besides the music.

[@EddySchmidt25]

This is not how proper tuning looks like, just smacking it while making such large turns(yes even a quarter turn is aloot)

[@jag-stang29]

he has less than 1 minute to tune it. that is the entire reason the video exists

[@jag-stang29]

@@Coastfog idk what ur problem is. just bc he could be doing it better means he shouldnt be posting it online. also (atheist speaking here) what does the worship band thing have to do in this instance of his ability. religion is not even related to content in the video. people who make fun of religion in a context that is barely related to it are so fucking annoying. you people see someone do something theyre proud of and just say "absolutley not" my entire comment was just saying that this person was making comments that were indeed true but there was time constraints.

[@grizzellor]

The bottom head and snare tension is as important…at least another 20 seconds needed.

[@callanc3925]

bottom head is honestly more important so id say at least another 2 minutes for that. Then the snare wires need tightened too so add another 15 seconds and because this is a quick job it definitely needs some sort of moon gel or a wallet

[@noahjohnson638]

This is a good way to warp a new head. You should also be tightening the lugs by going across, not in a circle.

[@afroteddybear]

As a complete newbie drummer, I've come to a realization: Tune your own darn snare the way you darn want.

[@scottlong4075]

What about the resonant bottom head

[@coopdawg70]

Bro is destroying the head with his tightening pattern

[@frankspikes7858]

I've seen some thier other videos. I hate the way they tune thier drums. Low, thuddy, no resonance. Very dead sounding!!💀💩

[@beatmasterbossy]

Ok, that's halfway, now tune the reso

[@MALOIK178]

That was way more than 60 seconds. Good luck next time. I can do it faster with my mouth shut 😊

[@animalcrossingfan113]

this was the most elevation worship video i may have ever seen

[@Jonathan-md7rb]

Please elaborate?

[@sunsetflora3158]

@@Jonathan-md7rb he doesn’t have to, he is absolutely correct

[@ambient.rhythms]

I want my 60 secs back please… I think I lost a few brain cells reading the comments also 😂

[@dansmith918]

This should be titled "How Not To Tune A Drum In 60 Seconds".

[@magicalmixer5453]

It works for 60 seconds.

[@dreichert1438]

That's about as long as that tune will hold

[@TheWarningRockBand]

damn im a guitarist and I didnt even know you had to tune drums

[@vincentzito3933]

I tune my drums more than my guitarist tunes his guitar...

[@TheWarningRockBand]

@@vincentzito3933 oh lord

[@hazardeur]

pro tip here. every non electronic instrument needs tuning. my pleasure.

[@leeland446]

Some pro players will tune the whole set to actual notes in whatever key the band mostly plays in. Example- Danny Carey will start with his bass drum and tune it to "D" then continue tuning the rest of the set in the key of D. Not tuning all drums in D but follow the rest of the D scale

[@vincentzito3933]

@@leeland446 ... I play 60's and 70's Rock. Everything from Hang on Sloopy and I Saw her standing there to Radar Love and zep's Rock and Roll... I tend to tune my snare a little deeper with a nice crack, I like my bass to be a dead deep thump, and I tend to tune my toms a little lower to give me a deep powerful sound. All my toms and bass drum have reso heads.

[@chadtucker4267]

If my drum tech saw me tuning my tenors like that back in the day it might’ve been the first and only backhand he ever gave to a student.

[@WaldoCarmen]

This guy’s trolling all of you. He’s a bassist

[@sunniiboi919]

First of all he did it wrong, your supposed to cross lug. Not go in order

[@lastditch727]

The old 13" Pearl Omar Hakim signature. I've got one of those. But I wouldn't have this guy tune it in 60 seconds lol.

[@joecase9454]

U need to tighten in a star pattern like a car tire or it will go outa tune after one song

[@lukeromito]

What I would do is just crank every lug as high as possible

[@craigtaylor1455]

The final product sucked. Can’t do it that fast, sorry.

[@Good-Enuff-Garage]

me not being able to hear the difference but going yup, yup, that's how you do it

[@gdawgs101]

You don't hear the pitch getting higher as he tightens the lugs?

[@Good-Enuff-Garage]

@@gdawgs101 as a whole yes as the head gets tighter but I don't hear the difference lug to lug, I'm just broken that way

[@gdawgs101]

@@Good-Enuff-Garage Fair. I'm a musician, so I guess I'm just especially sensitive to small differences in pitch

[@Good-Enuff-Garage]

@@gdawgs101 yeah, you are lucky I actually started out on keyboard then went to bass guitar than to drums, and had a doctor test my hearing cause I thought I was tone def and he goes ha ha you have perfect hearing you just don't have the talent of hearing perfect pitch, I had a friend in high school who would figure out theme songs to his favorite shows on a piano having zero formal training he had such a good ear and I would test him and try to trick him on what keys I would hit and he would guess them right every time

[@esharersfrienda]

As a drummer myself, I reccomend you skip across the drum when you tune it. So, when you tune it, go across and on the first lug pick a direction to go. If you just tune around you can warp the drum head.

[@nihilisthetic]

*Reads name of channel* "ah makes sense as to why they have no idea what they're doing"

[@redonred0924]

Didn't even bother with the bottom head. 🤦‍♂️

[@vermine18]

Not even doing the cross pattern what is going on💀

[@mannineaux]

First step really is crank the bottom head. That’s always step 1

[@frankkortez3569]

By crank, how many full turns would you suggest? If I wanted more of a mid to deep sounding snare drum.

[@mannineaux]

@@frankkortez3569 I don’t really measure by amount of turns, but it even for a deep sounding snare you want the bottom to be pretty tight. The head should never stretch far enough to the point that the bearing edge is beyond the hoop obviously. But the bottom head should definitely be tight tight.

[@michaelruffo86]

Alright.. give my man another 60 on the clock

[@kevinremsen5627]

My technique is crank the snare head and I can then put the batter head at any tension I want. The next thing is making sure the snare wires aren’t too tight.

[@realitykicksin8755]

That is not how to tune your drums.

[@JazzDrummer1946]

Cross-tuning is the most effective way to tune a drum. Loosen ALL THE WAY. Then, hand-tighten, until you can't simply loosen the lug by hand. Then two turns of the keys each time (across from each other) as you go around the drum. Minor adjustments will be needed. 1/4, 1/2 turns. It's not rocket science. But, this guy couldn't tuna fish.

[@PatrickRocker1983]

you turned it from crap to wtf ?

[@biroefraim268]

I think the approach of “This is a smaller drum so it probably needs to be high” is not a right approach. That (as I’ve seen and experienced) is a very “Worship/CCM” way to look at it: shallow=cranked & deep=fat. Now here’s the thing, if he only said that for the sake of the little experiment, meh, but if he lives by that, I’m genuinely sorry for the dude and the limiting way he thinks about it, if he TRULY stands by his words. Now again, if he only said it just to say it for the sake of whatever, meh, in my opinion he should choose his words carefully to not influence up and coming drummers that might not know better.

[@skatepark02]

The lugs didn’t sound in tune to each other to me. Maybe that’s why as a guitar alway found it hard to tune drums. I guess there’s more tolerance in the pitch

[@rocketman6478]

Everybody in the comments complaining about how he tuned that snare and saying he tuned it wrong and I'm over here recalling the many different methods I've seen and learned for tuning snares and drums in general and thinking to myself, isn't music, a sub genre of art, all subjective anyway? Meaning there's no right or wrong way? Yea, some music is more pleasing to the ears, like zeppelin, Beatles. Eagles, doors, Joplin, skynyrd an Hendrix. Pretty much anything from 60s to late 70s, some 80s wrapping up in the 90s, and so on whilst other music isn't so pleasing to the ears like grunge. Modern pop/rock throwing rap in there as well... now, I'll set back and watch as the majority of you tell me I'm wrong. Whilst simultaneously telling dude in the video he's wrong.. 🤷🏽

[@dwightlewis3876]

😢He had no type of ryhm or reason behind how he tuning ....skipped one lug a few times.... SMH.... snare didn't sound good. All, take time to tune yo stuff correctly, not like my man Remo Evans here😅...and that looked like an Omar snare....shame on ya😂... but that's the way you do it when you only have 60 seconds 🎉

[@doublesynchrohelix8613]

Everyone trying to be 1st with their drums 101 education of opposite lug tightening 😂 Guess what... that matters when switching heads, so does pushing hard in the center to break in a new head while doing it... But Mr. "been playing for 26 years" and everyone else... go to a studio or watch a famous drummer's tech at a show, when you tune lugs to each other you won't be alternating.

[@doublesynchrohelix8613]

Im sure all these expert commentors know (without Google's help) if or when you tune the reso head and if you match identical or when you would want to go higher or lower than the batter head...? Also surprised to see how many folks think you fine tune a snare "alternating lugs" (which drummers call star pattern, apparently that's not learned yet either, and that pattern is used replacing heads only) And apparently the majority didn't know you're supposed to tune lugs to each other, which you would never attain via the star... The best part of comment sections to me is know-it-alls that are completely wrong, lol... seriously I enjoy it.

[@drumrnva]

Smaller drum should be tuned high? Why? What's the standard? Doesn't every drum have a range of sounds at different tensions? When tensioning an instrument, the whole function of which is to produce a useful, compelling sound, why introduce the constraint of a 60sec time limit? This is a dumb video. It answers questions that nobody asked.

[@Bottlecap0]

Yall are too much 😂😂😅 1: his pattern is fine. He moves across the drum and is cranking pretty evenly. 2: pitch matching got very very close considering time constraints. 3: yes, obviously not tuning the bottom head is an L. 4: yes, the snare strands are loose He did decent for only having 60 seconds. Better than a lot of us would have done with the same time limit.

[@HeyItsKora]

I was always taught to tighten opposite nuts. Like if you tighten 12 o clock, then tighten 6 after, if you tighten 3 o clock, then do 9 after etc etc Is that rubbish? Btw I’m a drummer but a total amateur when it comes to kit maintenance. It’s a long story but yeah. I can play, but I don’t know the first thing about tuning or I’ve never changed a head or whatever

[@deepwaterrehab7685]

The secret is in the bottom head 💯💯💯

[@danielcohn6884]

This is useless content. Can't hear a thing tone/pitch wise on phone audio. Lug matching/clearing the head is the last step in tuning. How about hitting it first, listening to how it sounds, isolating the batter and reso. Is the reso table-top tight? If so, you'll spend a lot more than 60 seconds chasing out nasty overtones. How tight are the snares (try loosening the strainer. Then, once you have an accurate assessment of what's wrong with the drum, it's a lot easier to make quick adjustments/improvements

[@willfordacorn3446]

Ok be so Fr he know what to do but that execution was 👎. I know he had 60 seconds but I personally think he should’ve tuned it higher. Anddd he didn’t touch the bottom head nor did he really make sure it was in tune with itself. He just made sure it was close enough which isn’t really that close. But for 60 seconds what can ya do

[@HK45Mark23]

Try DrumTun Pro... you weren't even close. Sorry... science has been applied to drum tuning. The old school twist the tension rods till it "sounds good" is old school. Such old school methods have no repeatability or precision.

[@fess04]

doesnt sound that good bro . kinda wonky bro.oh well its quik views :) the snare beds need work but not in 60 secs

[@joshdavis4020]

You're gonna ruin the head and the frame of the rim with how you're tuning. What you're doing is okay, I guess, for fine tuning but still missing some steps. Also, that's not high and cracking by any means. Also, may wanna look in tightening the snares

[@ALMDrummerboy]

This might be the worst snare drum tuning video I've ever seen. No regard for the heads being tuned together. You don't just tune the top head. You tune the bottom head first and match the tone of the top head with the bottom. Otherwise it will have that weird distorted sound. And you always tune across and clockwise to evenly tune the drum. The strainer on that snare should be tight if you want that cracking sound.

[@sganet_]

I don’t tune like that at all. I make everything even by hand tuning first, feel the pressure in each lug so it’s even before cross tuning it to the tone of the drum. Then that’s where I start fine tuning. Making every lug pressure even and cross tuning would give the head a more even surface tension across the drum head.

[@josephmiddleton4422]

Pearl Omar Hakim snare should have a higher tone that should have tightened the bottom head as well. I had that snare for years and your right it should "crack" I'd say another 60secs and you'd have it

[@lifeintornadoalley]

This is how I tune my vinnie paul pearl lol

[@OhMyGardenRock]

Why do all of these kind of videos have these fake clearly staged situations in them? Why does every short has to feel like spontaneous? I don’t get it. Just say „Hi, I show you how to tune a snare fast“.

[@MasterRoshi8974]

Goal not accomplished

[@TucoDog-ho6fw]

I would’ve started by checking the bottom head. I did like the end result but that’s far from high, crisp and cracking.

[@joegiotta7580]

Yeah...that's not what you said you were going for. It could sound much better than that in 60 seconds. Before y'all tell me to do it, tell them to send me the drum, then I'll show you.

[@vinniesegovia524]

Dude tighten the strainer

[@Justin7894]

Hahaha sounds horrible! The secret is tension on that bottom head. A snare will sound good even with a poorly tuned batter if the bottom head is tight. Try it and come back to smash an upvote.

[@joshuavillalobos8218]

Most unrealistic tuning video I've ever seen 🤦. Been playing drums since I was 8 years old BTW I'm 40 now..

[@enzopulvirenti3695]

No good man seriously

[@SunsofRighteousnessLandscape]

Wait, your tone it Clockwise w/o alternating opposite lugs? My percussion teacher taught me to tune the opposite lug of the one I just tuned as I rotate around the head.

[@AndreaRenwick]

I play guitar so I got somewhat of an ear but I never knew what it meant to tune a drum. But now I know and I am surprised that I understood just by watching this vid 😂

[@Texas_Swift]

Amateurs….I’m an amateur and you did worse than I would’ve. I swear people record anything and put it online and mislead so many others.

[@TmanUtube]

Where was this guy when Some Kind Of Monster was recorded. Probably still in school, or diapers?

[@mvm3016]

One across from the other, no? This seems like just turning each lug with no real rhyme or reason, other than tightening up to pitch. But, hey?

[@timothystroudb2b2]

That's the Omar Hakim signature snare......I know....I have 1....✊🏾💯💯💯💯💯💯🤎🤎🤎🤎

[@lachiepollard6630]

didn’t touch the bottom head at all… that should literally be the first step every time you tune. then move onto pitching the top head 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@gmfusion1977]

Was that really worthy of video time? That should’ve been called tightening some lugs in 60 seconds.

[@thomaspatrizio7587]

Pick a lug, match to the 180 opposite. Pick a lug to left or right from original. Comepletrle a 360

[@catlikethief1718]

I tend to start with the bottom head first.

[@deepwaterrehab7685]

If you have a tight, properly tuned bottom head, you can basically do anything with the top head and it won’t sound bad. ✅

[@MarcoPolux]

mmmm meeehh. He didn´t even check the bottom drumhead which is BASIC for tunning the snare.