How To Fix, Tune & Set Up A Snare Drum For Beginners

In this video, I'll show you how to fix, tune and set up a snare drum. We'll cover head tension and tuning, snare wire tension and using the snare drum stand properly.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:28 Snare wires too loose
0:38 Snare wires too tight
0:53 Adjusting the snare strainer
1:34 Snare drum batter head is out of tune
1:53 How to tune the batter head
3:53 How to tune the snare side head
4:45 How to adjust and set the snare wires properly
6:22 When to replace your drum heads
6:39 What type of drum head do I need?
7:00 How to set up and adjust the snare drum stand
8:25 How to look after your snare drum
Please like, share the video, and subscribe to the channel if you have found it helpful so I can keep creating more drum-based content soon. Many thanks.
Pete.
Beatmasters Guild

[@larryprice6321]

Thanks , this is a issue I'm learning about and your video was very helpful

[@BeatmastersGuild]

Glad it's helpful Larry, it can take time and effort to get the sound you're after, but it's worth it. Don't underestimate how much you can improve the sound with a decent set of heads and a little trouble taken with tuning. Best of luck

[@sour_sugar7198]

Your content is amazing, can you please do one about how to fix crash and ride symbols sounding off?

[@BeatmastersGuild]

Thank you for the kind words. I'm not sure that it's possible to change the sound of crash and ride cymbals because unlike other parts of the kit, there isn't much you can do to change the sound of them. The only thing I would suggest is that if you want to reduce the amount of "ring", or sustain that a cymbal has, you can try damping it with moongel or similar. You can also change the type of felts that the cymbal is sat on - this can affect the sound slightly - try using cym pads or similar. Thanks for watching

[@sewind6613]

So much help in one video. Very grateful, thank you!

[@BeatmastersGuild]

Awesome. Thanks for watching

[@gabrielbueno5640]

super helpful! tks

[@BeatmastersGuild]

Thanks for watching Gabriel. Glad it was helpful

[@ejames6431]

🎼 Thanks for this video!👍🏼

[@BeatmastersGuild]

@E James You're welcome. Hope it was helpful

[@marcpompette7431]

Thanks for this, I'm investigating an awful buzz/pitch in my snare after I changed the batter head...switched to a completely different head and now everything is off...now I'm almost positive it's just a tuning issue. Thanks again!

[@BeatmastersGuild]

It's most likely a tuning issue yes. But depending on the type of drum shell, type of resonant head fitted and desired sound that you're after - certain types of batter head will work better than others. Hope you get it sorted with just tuning though. It's worth spending some time on it to dial it in. Good luck.

[@padawanjesus]

pretty cool. do you have a longer more detailed one?

[@georgescuovidiu1214]

Great job, I need help with an advice, the Evans level 360 head on the Gretsch silver snare drum started to clean herself in the middle now it is just a ply in the middle for about 3 cm, can I use something for protection ? Or I have to wait for breaking in time ? My son is beating a lot in the snare drum. For any advice I thank you because I am not a specialist.

[@BeatmastersGuild]

It sounds like the head has worn out, there's not much you can do to protect it. Instead, I would suggest that you need to go for a heavier/thicker batter head since it's wearing out quickly in the centre. a heavier head with a centre circle will take more of a pounding before wearing out. Look at these heads; Aquariun Hi Energy, Remo Controlled Sound, or the Evans Heavyweight. All the best

[@georgescuovidiu1214]

@@BeatmastersGuild thank you very much Sir.