14 Floor Tom Tuning

Also don t be afraid to mix the batter head types for example single medium weight heads on rack toms and perhaps single ply with built in damper or two ply heads for floor toms.

14 floor tom tuning. Some kits have more and others have less any number of tom toms in any size can be added to any any kit it s just a matter of the player deciding what they need. I ve always had trouble tuning them too especially when i had a 14. Mix the batter head types. Personally i find that a ringy floor tom sounds just fine if you are planning to play with other people but if you need the ring gone tape muffle rings and moon gels should fix it.

A standard five piece drum set for example features one floor tom next to the snare and two rack toms above it. As stated tom toms are the support drums you add to your kit. I have a 5 piece set of emerald green stage customs that came with a 14 floor tom. Tuning chart 8 x 8 9 x 10 10 x 12 11 x 13 12 x 14 13 x 15 14 x 16 14 x 14 16 x 16 16 x 18 4 x 14 5 x 14 5 x 14 6 x 14 14 x 18 16 x 20 16 x 22.

It just sounded like it couldn t decide whether or not it wanted to be a tom or floor tom. Toms floor toms batter resonator depth x dia top head bottom head x 6 x 8 x 10 x 12 x 13. Tuning the boing out of the floor tom originally posted by fiacovaz the interval of the 4th is a bit wide when tuned between heads on the same drum but a third is as bad but only if you insist on not keeping the batter and reso head with the same pitch.