TOM TUNING (SHORT)

The following sound files explore different tunings of different sized toms. 

These toms were tuned to different fundamental tones in order to explore their tuning range (comfort zone) when both heads were tuned quite far apart.

This tuning explores a custom 'short' sustain setting, aiming for melodic relationships between the tonal spacing of the lug pitches of the batter and the resonant head, and the batter lug pitch and the fundamental tone of the drum.

In this experiment the heads were tuned in a specific way: the batter head lug pitch is tuned a perfect fifth (P5) interval above the fundamental tone of the drum. 

All drums have the same heads for batter heads, and the same heads for resonant heads to rule out the differences.

The 13", and 16" drums have maple shells with 45° sharp bearing edges.

The 12",14" drums have chestnut shells with 60° rounded bearing edges.

Below is shown how the drums are tuned per fundamental tone.

You can download the sound files as well to hear the results: 

12"

A2 110 — batter 165 --- reso 209

A#2 116,5 — batter 174 --- reso 225,5

B2 123,5 — batter 185 --- reso 240

C3 131 — batter 196 --- reso 252

C#3 138,5 — batter 207,5 --- reso 268

D3 147 — batter 220 --- reso 289

D#3 155,5 — batter 233 --- reso 303

E3 165 — batter 247 --- reso 326

13"

D2 73,5 — batter 110 ---  reso 131 

D#2 78 — batter 116,5 --- reso 147, 5 

E2 82,5 — batter 123,5 --- reso

F2 87,5 — batter 131  --- res 170             

F#2 92,5 — batter 138,5 ---- reso 177

G2 98 — batter 147 --- reso 190

G#2 104 — batter 155,5 --- reso 204

A2 110 — batter 165 --- reso 215

A# 116,5 — batter 174,5 --- reso 225,5 

B2 123 — batter 185 --- reso 244

14"

A 1 55  — batter 82,5 --- reso 105

A#1 58  — batter 87,5 --- reso 111,5

B1 62   — batter 92,5 --- reso 123

C2 65,5 — batter 98 --- reso 130

C#2 69   — batter 104 --- reso 135,5

D2 73,5  — batter 110 --- reso 148

D#2 78 — batter 116,5 --- reso 159

E2 82,5 — batter 123,5 --- reso 170,5

16"

E1 41 — batter 62,5 --- reso 73,5

F1 43,5 — batter 65,5 --- reso 79

F# 46 — batter 69 --- reso 88

G1 49 — batter 73,5 --- reso 96

G#1 52 — batter 78 --- reso 101

A1 55 — batter 82,5 --- reso 110

A#1 58 — batter 87,5 --- reso 111

B1 62 — batter 92,5 --- reso 124

C2 65,5 — batter 98 --- reso 131