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Tuning ??

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Rolltide

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Do most tune both top and bottom heads to the same note ? Or the two heads at different notes to make a different overall sound ? Also , it seems like a Tunebot is a fantastic tool-
 
to confuse the phlem out of you? 😁
you tension drums
Notes are for pianos
we don't play melody nor harmony but we accompany them both with cymbals and drums.
So tension to taste
your individual decisions
You can take Tony Williams Jim Keltner Buddy Rich posthumously .. anyone and every one drummer
not two will be alike. Except by coincidence. It's a very individual instrument.
Go your own way Lindsey sang
Drums aren't Guitar.
We accompany what those folks do.
So it's on you how you tension to express participate and accompany

or play clarinet where their notes are vital.
Drums play events that accompany reinforce and sometimes steer..
Event well good sir.
You are creating assembling an event for the music you find or are in..
You don't need notes. You create tension levels in addition are responsible for release
It's a Drum chord not a Piano chord.
It's nicer than a Piano chord but don't tell them. They might get upset.
Drum chord (drum set and cymbals) has 350 notes to pick from. They only have 88. but 10 fingers.

:)
Thanks for reminding me :)
we're the volcano, event/time; the wind, clouds and the rain
They're civilisation down in the flatlands in the towns and cities and villages; We're Mother Nature
Way up High and lo
 
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Rolltide said:
Do most tune both top and bottom heads to the same note ? Or the two heads at different notes to make a different overall sound ?
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I prefer to tension top and bottom heads to the same pitch. Experimentation with tensioning the reso heads higher or lower will give you a good perspective on how it changes the sound.

Might you just be wondering what most of us prefer OR are you seeking help for tensioning your heads??

Also, what has been your experience with Tunebot?
 
same tension top bottom max resonance to you behind and who ever is in front of you (ie audience) or your cat

Batter tensioned higher than reso- throws sound to you behind the set; less so to those in front..
Batter tuned lower Reso tuned higher- throws sound out to your audience lesser to you by a little not much

So from tensioning top and bottom same equal or opposite you are creating the ancient "throw-nun, drium" deployed by the Greeks in 67 A.D.
 
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IMHO...
Tensioning a drum is tightening the heads to achieve the max resonant frequency of the body of the drum.
Tuning a drum is deviating from that center resonant frequency (which has a note value) either up or down to a different desired note.
 
I tune the resonant head a perfect 4th higher than the batter head, using a tune-bot. Sometimes I'll go a perfect 5th apart for a bit more sustain but for most drums I've tried, a 4th seems to be the sweet spot. Nice and resonant without a crazy amount of sustain.

If I'm trying to coax the maximum amount of resonance out of a cheap drum set, tuning both heads to the same pitch sometimes helps.
 
I tune my reso higher than the batter. I also use clear, single-ply heads on the reso and single-ply coated or double-ply coated or clears on the batters.
 
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