Changing/Tuning Tenor Heads with the USMC Quadline

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  • @moment4535
    @moment4535 5 років тому +163

    I put the grease in the lug with a toothpick. Way less messy. And the wax also gives the head a little lubrication, which keeps the shell round a little longer. So it does double duty. The only issue with the wax is it can deaden the head for a week or so if there is too much wax on the bearing edge. Great video man

  • @colethewhitechick4357
    @colethewhitechick4357 5 років тому +179

    Tbh EMC doesn't get enough credit that he deserves. His videos are funny and entertaining but at the same time educational (some what 😂)

    • @johnmchugh8049
      @johnmchugh8049 4 роки тому +3

      I would have killed to have access to all this info on something like UA-cam in 89

  • @Griffin그리핀
    @Griffin그리핀 5 років тому +39

    Met EMC at the RCC show and it was incredible watching them. Honestly crazy to hear a drumline that clean. Really cool guy and was kind enough to answer my friends and I questions. Good luck on the rest of your tour and keep up the amazing work.

  • @grt002
    @grt002 3 роки тому +9

    Eric, this might be the most informative and helpful tenor head tutorial on all of UA-cam. Thanks so much for this.

  • @johnmchugh8049
    @johnmchugh8049 4 роки тому +3

    I haven’t played in drum line for over 30 years and I’m addicted to your channel ! 💯💯💯

  • @DanielMakesCadences
    @DanielMakesCadences 5 років тому +76

    Instead of throwing out the heads, could you lend them to our school? lol

    • @Griffin그리핀
      @Griffin그리핀 5 років тому +6

      That could lead to damaging your tenors. Also depending on how you tune especially high schools. You may pull the head.

    • @DanielMakesCadences
      @DanielMakesCadences 5 років тому +7

      Rogue how would it damage the tenors? Those heads look the same size as ours. We also tune almost to the same pitch as theirs.

    • @noahharp1763
      @noahharp1763 5 років тому +5

      Just as a tip: most cases of asking for things will warrant no response because it is too troublesome

  • @b.cramer4573
    @b.cramer4573 5 років тому +18

    Love the hardstyle in the background lol

    • @TealTactics
      @TealTactics 5 років тому +1

      Hardstyle? Where?

    • @b.cramer4573
      @b.cramer4573 5 років тому +1

      @@TealTactics You can hear it around 6:25

    • @TealTactics
      @TealTactics 5 років тому +2

      Now *that's* what I call musical taste

    • @b.cramer4573
      @b.cramer4573 5 років тому

      @@TealTactics Cannot disagree with you ;)

  • @nathanhoang6365
    @nathanhoang6365 5 років тому +10

    Thank you so much for this video it gave me a better understanding of how to tune quads

  • @Thomas_Varnell
    @Thomas_Varnell 5 років тому +39

    9:27
    Just leaving this comment for when I tune my heads later

    • @DATTTDARK
      @DATTTDARK 5 років тому +1

      Thanks dude i need it too

  • @BrickLogicStudios
    @BrickLogicStudios 5 років тому +235

    At my high school we only change our heads whenever they break... unfortunately

    • @coolman56live
      @coolman56live 5 років тому +5

      same bro same

    • @keenman0403
      @keenman0403 5 років тому +4

      Same here :/

    • @nxt4150
      @nxt4150 5 років тому +10

      We have multiple extra snares or extra quads. So we just change what snare/tenor set you're using unless bass

    • @juancastillo9834
      @juancastillo9834 5 років тому +2

      Same here. It sucks

    • @suburban_matrix6206
      @suburban_matrix6206 5 років тому +2

      Same.

  • @MNUFCLoonatic
    @MNUFCLoonatic 5 років тому +2

    It's it's funny how I always watch these in the afternoon

  • @RedDogMamaHD
    @RedDogMamaHD 4 роки тому +2

    04-07-2020 Quarantine Comments: 35th New EMC Productions video that I've watched over the last 3 days ...

  • @fearinghealer6153
    @fearinghealer6153 4 роки тому +2

    I really love this UA-cam channel it is so helpful to drummers out there like me!!!!!
    Nice Video!!!

  • @percspot872
    @percspot872 2 роки тому

    Its great to see this vid back.

  • @guang-wen
    @guang-wen 5 років тому +10

    Awesome video! Is there any way we could get some insight into how you guys tune the basses as well? Say hi to Garrett for me!

  • @bobdadruma
    @bobdadruma 5 років тому +13

    Those drums are about 200% higher than I tune my Jazz kit. Insane.

    • @nielsemilbechnaumann
      @nielsemilbechnaumann 5 років тому

      That's how that kind of drum sounds normaly

    • @juancastillo9834
      @juancastillo9834 5 років тому +1

      It's tuned so high because the sound that people hear from the crowd is much lower then what you play so to accommodate for that they are tuned higher.

  • @Bobobo-bo-bo-bobobo
    @Bobobo-bo-bo-bobobo 5 років тому +26

    I hate changing strings on my guitar (Floyd Rose bridges are a pain), but I hate changing drum heads even more 😂

    • @ryderalley4853
      @ryderalley4853 Рік тому +1

      Nah tryna restring a Floyd is more annoying lol

  • @keys-
    @keys- Рік тому +3

    At my HS we like NEVER tune our drums. It got so bad that head 1 was LOWER than drum 2, until I, the mf freshman, offered to finally tune the quads

  • @MichaelG63
    @MichaelG63 4 роки тому +2

    Fun note about white lithium grease: inhalation in an enclosed area can cause sudden death. Stated right on the can.

  • @PoohStickProductions
    @PoohStickProductions 5 років тому +12

    This would've been GREAT to have about 7 years ago

  • @mrpiklez3703
    @mrpiklez3703 5 років тому +2

    6:33 OMFG THAT"S GENIUS

    • @skymanderggg_9792
      @skymanderggg_9792 5 років тому

      lol i figured that ou through my own without help its smart lol

  • @flushu603
    @flushu603 4 роки тому

    Shoutout to the person in the background playing Hardstyle!!! Hardstyle for life!!

  • @mahuul
    @mahuul 5 років тому +15

    Use "off" (yes the bug spray) and spray the logo on the spock. Let it sit for 5ish minutes then with a paper towel scrub the logo off. You need to put a good amount of pressure to get it off but it'll make it so you don't smear your heads. That's what my techs have me do at Stryke.

    • @wafersss
      @wafersss 4 роки тому

      @@1bird_d so you don't smear the heads, also did you just call the spock heads spike heads? Lol

  • @damianhernandez1820
    @damianhernandez1820 5 років тому +13

    Do you know if those high tunings would come out well on suede heads? I'm specifically asking more about Remo's black Emperor suede heads because I've been wanting to try nice and high tunings like that for our quad line but I'm worried about tuning to high for the heads cause I've never tried that high lol would appreciate some help!

    • @damianhernandez1820
      @damianhernandez1820 5 років тому

      @@EMCproductions thanks!!!

    • @JRUU775
      @JRUU775 5 років тому

      @@damianhernandez1820 I've tuned pretty high on the black suedes, ya should be good on cranking them.

  • @nickcorey8836
    @nickcorey8836 5 років тому +17

    Why on earth do you not have a shirt that just says "Have a good morning"?

  • @BreckBednarz-zc9ih
    @BreckBednarz-zc9ih 3 місяці тому

    USMC looks chill af

  • @0Aquamelon
    @0Aquamelon 5 років тому +1

    You made me realize that my new drums at my high school are warped. 😬Good thing it’s my last year there hehe...

  • @TealTactics
    @TealTactics 5 років тому +1

    Hey Eric, do you know who put on Hardstyle while you guys were tuning your drums?

    • @TealTactics
      @TealTactics 5 років тому

      Tell him he has good taste c;

  • @shaquille.oatmeal2377
    @shaquille.oatmeal2377 4 роки тому

    Yup still high school band kids at heart

  • @lucscott3631
    @lucscott3631 4 роки тому +2

    Head change EVERY TWO WEEKS? Holy shit. We do a whole season like practice in July and August then football games and competitions and stuff. Then pep band. And we change once a year. Drum heads are expensive

  • @soggybreadlolz7045
    @soggybreadlolz7045 5 років тому +2

    My friend last year got a tenor with a broken head. She asked Mr. Jenkins (our band teacher) if he could change the head. He said the he would fix it later. This year I joined band and I got the same one that she got last year. It's still fucking broken.

  • @collinstaten5374
    @collinstaten5374 4 роки тому +1

    We always change heads before comps, normally before we head to the competition

  • @shyeast9093
    @shyeast9093 Рік тому +1

    What are the sizes of your drums? I have a 6" 8" 10" 12" and 13". So would the tuning differ to the size of the drums?

  • @HisHeroIsJohn
    @HisHeroIsJohn 5 років тому +1

    Why specific notes instead of the vaguer "intervals"?
    What happens if a song's key signature doesn't have one of the specific notes?
    Like a tune is in C, do you not play on the A# and C#?

  • @jacobhanekamp2534
    @jacobhanekamp2534 5 років тому +2

    0:16 wait, you brought CHICKENS!!

  • @HumphreyFamilyHolsteins
    @HumphreyFamilyHolsteins 5 років тому +2

    I always wondered how many ensembles the different branches of the military have. Like how many groups does the marine corps have? Or are you the only 3 tenor players in the entire marine corps?

  • @seanobert1240
    @seanobert1240 5 років тому +3

    My school changes drum heads every 2 years... 2 kids have had to play with broken resonant snare heads for about 2 months now

  • @phatclouder6983
    @phatclouder6983 5 років тому +16

    Bruh we haven't changed heads but once in 4 years unless they broke

    • @hax0n23
      @hax0n23 5 років тому +3

      if they break we still dont change them.

    • @yairsalazar730
      @yairsalazar730 4 роки тому

      Bruh why do y’all wait so long we get 4 head changes every season I thought that’s how it was supposed to be

    • @SusannE-zw8rn
      @SusannE-zw8rn 4 роки тому

      Yair Salazar it depends on how much money the school (or school district) has for band. Some kids are privileged enough to play drums that replace their heads often and some aren’t. It just is what it is

  • @RedDogMamaHD
    @RedDogMamaHD 6 місяців тому

    Came here today because someone on Instagram asked Eric to do a Tuning the Tenor's video. Sent him the information for this post! (Language says is Portuguese!) 7-16-2024

  • @dylanshay646
    @dylanshay646 3 роки тому +2

    what pitches do you recommend for 6-8-10-12-13 tenors?

  • @Greenday4-121
    @Greenday4-121 5 років тому

    This is such a great video!!!! Hey bow does promotions work in the commamdants own drum and bugle corp

  • @pekay406
    @pekay406 5 років тому

    great video !! love you eric!

  • @SwimminWitDaFishies
    @SwimminWitDaFishies 5 років тому +1

    I don't play drums at all, but I am captivated watching you play them because it's a "precision thing" and I'm all about that! I think you guys are overqualified for just 5 drums and you're ready to level up to 8 or maybe even 10. You guys are young and buff ... c'mon show us what REAL MARINE drummers can handle! 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

    • @lifeontheledgerlines8394
      @lifeontheledgerlines8394 5 років тому

      Well, they're percussionists, so they play like 20 different drums lol

    • @SwimminWitDaFishies
      @SwimminWitDaFishies 5 років тому

      LifeOnTheLedgerLines I'm talking about on the harness. I would love to see a complete 360 harness with drums everywhere!

    • @lifeontheledgerlines8394
      @lifeontheledgerlines8394 5 років тому

      @@SwimminWitDaFishies That would be super heavy and bad for your back, and quads only have 4, 5, or 6 drums (depends on how many spocks, or the tiny drums you have). It would be pretty impractical, and it would change your center of mass which would make marching awkward. Also, all of those head changes would be such a pain lol

  • @tgdivad
    @tgdivad 2 роки тому +1

    Is it me or are the notes in your diagram off from what you hear on the video? I hear low to high E - G - A# - C# (so same minor thirds, wrong starting pitch)

  • @503music6
    @503music6 4 роки тому

    I recommend getting quadratics quad book for beginners they show tuning

  • @snmfsquirrel87
    @snmfsquirrel87 3 роки тому

    I always come back to this video to tune my quints

  • @molak_jedi7180
    @molak_jedi7180 Місяць тому

    I'm a sophomore in high school and my director didn't have us unload our drums from our trailer after a football game and now my drum four is flat. I've done the best I can with the other drums, but It's still flat. Does anyone know how to fix that? I've tried tuning it higher but it still sounds bad.

  • @jacobhanekamp2534
    @jacobhanekamp2534 4 роки тому +1

    Eric: Good Morning!!! Do you guys want to say good morning?
    Section Leader: Good Morning!!!
    The other Tenor player: Good Afternoon!!!

  • @ZOMBEY-KILLUR
    @ZOMBEY-KILLUR 5 років тому

    Do you have any sheet music I can use for quads? I can't seem to find any good exercises (especially 8 on a hand) and i would really appreciate it if someone could link me some.

  • @thebloom.sun20
    @thebloom.sun20 5 років тому +1

    Qual a cadência do fundo?...

  • @badatgames56
    @badatgames56 2 роки тому

    What is the Hz for each of the notes?

  • @mahuul
    @mahuul 5 років тому

    What sticks are those as well?

  • @Bologna_Jones
    @Bologna_Jones 3 роки тому

    Who is first chair?

  • @sami9139
    @sami9139 5 років тому +2

    I have the same tuning keys

  • @outdooroperator714
    @outdooroperator714 3 роки тому

    What kinda of Tenors do y'all play?

  • @Ilovekghimothy
    @Ilovekghimothy 5 років тому +3

    At my middle school we get to change our heads every season.

  • @angelparra5944
    @angelparra5944 5 років тому +1

    Why do u guys use pearl drums with Yamaha hardware and stands

    • @angelparra5944
      @angelparra5944 5 років тому +1

      Ohhhhh okay thanks for clearing that up😄

  • @alejandrocintron3722
    @alejandrocintron3722 5 років тому +9

    Remo Pinstripe is where it’s at tho

    • @b.cramer4573
      @b.cramer4573 5 років тому +1

      The best heads are the ones that you have on your shoulders because they store all of the knowledge that you could ever use. Use your head kids. Learn something.
      But don't drum on it tho that would be dumb

  • @banzChad
    @banzChad 5 років тому +1

    We changed to Yamaha drums now
    What is the best
    Tama
    Yamaha
    Pearl
    System Blue
    Dynasty

  • @purpleposse6745
    @purpleposse6745 4 роки тому

    You need more subs your thought me more than school did

  • @ramonsamayoa5275
    @ramonsamayoa5275 5 років тому

     Cómo se pronuncia
    What is the name of the song you put in the background in the video?

  • @owengalligan4052
    @owengalligan4052 5 років тому

    Do you tighten it to make it higher?

    • @Justus-td3be
      @Justus-td3be 5 років тому

      Tenor Covers yes. You tighten the each lug the same amount like he showed in the video, and then tune each lug so they match. If you’re looking for a higher pitch, you increase the tension and you release tension to lower the pitch

  • @TheDiverseKnights
    @TheDiverseKnights 5 років тому

    What about Snare?

  • @oskarfield8696
    @oskarfield8696 3 роки тому

    2:37 bottom right is how my School tunes the quads

  • @jakekim7109
    @jakekim7109 5 років тому +4

    we practice 3 times a week and my snare heads are only changed once every 3 - 4 months

    • @miless17
      @miless17 4 роки тому

      Jake Kim way more than we change them

    • @dylanshay646
      @dylanshay646 3 роки тому +1

      be thankful. schools i taught it never get new heads. i’ve had to buy them myself and that’s the first new ones they’ve had in 8 years

  • @louizematthewalonzo4914
    @louizematthewalonzo4914 5 років тому

    Hi sir im a tenor drum player here at the phillipines im a super fan do i have a chance to have a not new but good sounding tenor drum pleaze 😇😇😇

  • @YourAnxietyAttacks
    @YourAnxietyAttacks 2 роки тому

    are tenors heavy?

  • @holton345
    @holton345 5 років тому +1

    WARNING: Method not recommended for tuning contras. (I marched in DCI in 1984 and our eight contras were adopted drum techs. My low frequency colleagues and I helped the battery with head changes (up to finger tight) and helped our five non-singing, tone deaf bass drummers get their heads up pitch. (No, like most people they could not hear that low accurately, but as tuba players we could.) This allowed the staff to do all the final tuning. We also were the harness hardware bitches. Lots of deez nuts to tighten up, boi. I think the snares considered the contra players to be indentured servants or something.
    It was a fun way to sit in the shade while the hornline sweated out basic block marching or brass sectionals. (The battery *always* found the best - or only - shade. Imagine 25 players all crammed into the tiny shade patch of one, scraggly tree in a field in Nebraska.) By the way, we were a Top Twelve corps back then, but with a very low budget, so I remember head changing days happening about as often as Laundry Day, which was around every two weeks, two tours of a total of 32,000 miles and 36 shows. (We also walked to school. In the snow. Uphill. Both ways.) Yes, in the early 1980s we all had stanky clothes and our drum heads sounded like a tonal flabalanche, but technologically speaking our line was using the then-popular Slingerland TDR snares (with the slapshot strainer! woohoo!) and a 36" Bass 5. Ancient history.)
    "America's Quad Line" - You guys need your own distinctive red and gold teeshirts with that on it. That name is pure sexy. Subbing your new page, guys.

  • @scherzo7224
    @scherzo7224 5 років тому

    Hello Eric!

  • @sw5824
    @sw5824 5 років тому

    Wow marched Jr. Corps from 1975 to 1980 this video could have saved our quad line from 250 pushups each person over the years for putting on new heads at rehearsal & breaking them weekly cranking em up never ever used wax or was instructed to use wax. Wow

    • @michaelwilliams2364
      @michaelwilliams2364 5 років тому

      Don't feel bad. Using wax on bearing edges is nothing new, but it's still not widely used or even widely known... and actually this is the first tuning instruction I've seen that gives away the magic trick. Hard wax does a fantastic job of allowing the head to slip over the edge more easily while cranking on it, but on the other hand It also tends to take away "some" of the brightness of the drum (how much completely depends on the brand of drums, condition, heads, and how the wax is applied). If I had to guess, using wax on late 70's drums would have certainly preserved the heads, but they may have ended up sounding like tuned cardboard boxes.
      On a more personal note, Thank you for keeping the activity going for us later generations to enjoy!

  • @semajpennix3954
    @semajpennix3954 5 років тому +1

    Fourth place great vid

  • @RedDogMamaHD
    @RedDogMamaHD 4 роки тому

    9:02 Reminder .... tuning

  • @kylesommer4024
    @kylesommer4024 5 років тому

    Wait, so did you go through boot camp, and then join the drum line? Does this keep you from being deployed? Can you explain your story here?

    • @grt002
      @grt002 3 роки тому

      He auditioned specially for the drum and bugle corps that exists within the marines, won the audition, THEN did boot camp and started with the corps afterwards

  • @KillerRaspberry
    @KillerRaspberry 5 років тому +2

    Tight and tasty

  • @drummerzip
    @drummerzip 5 років тому

    Did the old heads stay in that dumpster? :p

  • @prestonjones20013
    @prestonjones20013 3 роки тому

    Are those Pearl drums with Mapex hardware?😂

  • @resonanttotality8322
    @resonanttotality8322 5 років тому

    I'll take all those heads...

  • @the_pimp_hand_strong1598
    @the_pimp_hand_strong1598 5 років тому

    Intro song plz

  • @tabernash5739
    @tabernash5739 5 років тому +9

    drumcorpscoffeeshop is giving you guys the recognition you deserve 👁👅👁

  • @ethanbrennan7089
    @ethanbrennan7089 5 років тому

    i rehearse everyday from august to
    november including weekends and we only change our head once lol

  • @ferretyluv
    @ferretyluv 2 роки тому +1

    6:51 Your relative pitch is jacked. The right one sounds higher.

  • @moneylibrary5161
    @moneylibrary5161 5 років тому

    This is why I play snare

  • @gabe_8997
    @gabe_8997 5 років тому

    are those sticks in the bags on the floor innovative ts-pr?

  • @sandrosiva7419
    @sandrosiva7419 5 років тому +2

    VCs sao incríveis

  • @unknownuserdude171
    @unknownuserdude171 5 років тому

    Who is the best tenor player out of u three?

    • @cameronherrick6639
      @cameronherrick6639 5 років тому

      Probably the black guy because I think he is center
      I could be wrong tho

    • @krisptea
      @krisptea 5 років тому

      @@cameronherrick6639 correct although i don't remember his name

  • @Pruitt638
    @Pruitt638 4 роки тому

    I like turtles.
    I also like hi hats made from gongs.

  • @tabbbasco_sauce4545
    @tabbbasco_sauce4545 5 років тому

    so no head?

  • @littlertenordrummer4452
    @littlertenordrummer4452 5 років тому

    the instagram didnt work:(

    • @littlertenordrummer4452
      @littlertenordrummer4452 5 років тому

      Ugh. Can you tell us in your next vid when it’s back.
      Thx
      ( I regret having my name little tenor drummer cause I’m a big tenor drummer now 😂)

  • @harrislaing4697
    @harrislaing4697 5 років тому +1

    Blue Devils wants to know your location

  • @cadenmarcell6637
    @cadenmarcell6637 5 років тому

    this mans face is staring into my soul

  • @awokenanthony4715
    @awokenanthony4715 5 років тому

    My school we change heads every semester

  • @infinityspike8876
    @infinityspike8876 5 років тому +1

    9:27

  • @mantistoboggan2599
    @mantistoboggan2599 5 років тому

    Dude one day during Indoor in ‘16 we broke 30 lugs while tuning. Our drums were trash

    • @jacobhanekamp2534
      @jacobhanekamp2534 5 років тому

      Indoor '18, my Vibe pedal bolt (the bolt that holds the pedal off the ground) stripped durings WARMUPS right before REGIONALS!! oh that was a scary day

  • @nichojordancog6905
    @nichojordancog6905 5 років тому

    Ada mika remo dan evans juga

  • @WhyTheHorseface
    @WhyTheHorseface Рік тому

    Is your name Eric Carr?

  • @resonanttotality8322
    @resonanttotality8322 5 років тому +2

    If you break a head... You better frigin get some rigger's tape on that... Good to go?

  • @agamnon2619
    @agamnon2619 Рік тому

    Meanwhile: My HS drumline hasnt changed heads in 6+ years.

  • @SaneTheBro
    @SaneTheBro 4 роки тому

    such marine behavior

  • @avocadomann
    @avocadomann 5 років тому +1

    Our heads haven't been changed in at least 6 years :( and I kinda sorta almost broke my drum 1 head

  • @Dirk_Von_Dickshlinger
    @Dirk_Von_Dickshlinger 2 роки тому

    Spray the white lithium on a rag then go and wipe each lug...