How to Get the PERFECT Marching Snare Sound - Snare Tuning Tutorial (ft. TJ Choquette) 

Thanks for listening to my simple, 21.5 step process! Can't wait to see you playing the Nick Cannon solo and BD drum break on the real thing!

i used to tune the drums for my high school marching band, i was the only one with the patience to do it, this video would have made my life so much easier.

"Those are feet" "I like feet" Thanks TJ for a 🐐ed tutorial

Who would of thought that I would be so interested in a drum

I majored in music ed and I just learned more about a snare drum that I was ever taught in school. Thank you!

0:57 Why Does it Matter? 3:26 Step 1: Stuff You Need 4:53 Step 2: Take Off Top Factory Head 6:17 Step 3: Place New Top Head 7:43 Step 4: Rethread the Lugs 9:02 Step 5: Seat the Head 9:54 Step 6: Tighten Lugs 10:53 Step 7: Seat it Again 11:05 Step 8: Crank Another Quarter Turn 13:15 Step 9: Remove Snare Mechanism 14:19 Step 10: Remove Bottom Head 14:47 Step 11: Place Bottom Head 15:10 Step 12: Rethread Lugs 15:25 Step 13: Tighten Lugs 15:59 Step 14: Seat the Head 16:13 Step 15: Another Quarter Turn 17:17 Step 16: Fine Tune Pitches from Each Bottom Lug 19:43 Step 17: Put the Snare Mechanism Back On 21:49 Step 18: Tune the Snare Strands 25:00 Step 19: Tape Snares Down for Drier Sound 26:16 Step 20: Spot Check the Top Lugs to Match Pitch 27:06 Step 21: Take the Top Up Evenly

Can't wait for full Drumline movie playthrough on a real marching snare! The ending bit had me smiling 😃

It feels like TJ wanted to say "one band, one sound" when he was going over the sound profiles for the heads.

The projection on the sound of that thing when you're testing it outside is insane. I've loved watching your vids even though I'm not a percussionist. Can't wait to hear this new drum on the upcoming vids! congrats on getting it finished.

So glad you shot a video of putting the heads on and tuning! The drum looks and sounds great. Keep up all the great work on these videos. This is my new favorite percussion channel!

Only had this channel recommended to me last night... And I already can't wait to hear the new vids. Don't get me wrong, everything I've seen so far has been amazing... But the new snare will make a difference for sure. Congrats on getting Pearl's attention! I definately got a good laugh out of it when I saw they complied to your request so quickly lol. Just goes to show, it never hurts to ask!

Oh my! That sound is amazing. I can’t wait for you to re-do all the Drumline videos. They will be epic!

Oh my gooosh! I cannot WAIT to hear cadences on that beauty! Thanks for the pro tips, Tim!

Last 20 seconds of the video was amazing. Can’t wait for the next video!!

Sickkkk can’t wait. Watching this at 3 in the morning hope I wake everybody up 😂

I always knew it was meticulous but it was super cool to see how the process is different for a marching snare!

The bearing edges at the snare bed actually dip slightly - that's why the bottom heads sound lower at those lugs; not because the rim doesn't continue.

Can't wait to see this thing in action!

The ending was had me like 😲😲😲😲😲, can't wait for the next videos 🔥🔥

OMFG!!! Sounds so beautiful. TJ is the man

When I was marching it took me a good 3 days to get it’s proper sound out of it so I’m already with ya

Yusss. I've been through tuning a few times. This was a great video about it

Dope video fellas, that little snippet at the end tho! Can't wait til the new vids come out!

Now that's spicy 🔥

I literally never knew about taping! I'm a wet sound guy myself. My favorite head combo is suede max top (LOVE IT) and I go remo ambassador clear head with a good amount of snare response. I like it to sound really good as a solo instrument as well as with the ensemble and I like how it comes out!

hahaha "you gotta clap us off"...😳.... 🤣

I bought a premier floating snare back in 1990 for $600. I remember the salesman giving me a funny look when he ordered it for me. I loved that drum. The neighbors didn’t. I loved Star of Indiana though. Got a lot of playing out of it. This video brings back so many memories. Can’t tell you how many bottom heads I ruined going too fast and changing out top heads to experiment with sound. Good times.

Bitchin teaser there at the end dude! Cant wait for the next vid with that SICK snare!

Mylar sounds much better than the tabletop-like kevlar. The greatest lines played on mylar as cleanly as any line on kevlar.

Just bought a snare, perfect vid for me thank you!

I miss this so much

percussion is so cool

NICE!!!!

Every good 👍

As an engineer, the inner mechanic in me is crying out when he keeps saying “another quarter turn” then proceeds to do 1 or 2 half turns😂 or when doing the bottom he said he was going till it stopped then proceeded to screw it an extra few times and ended up unscrewing it when the time lapse started😂 I was chuckling lol. Love the vids!!

Am I ever gonna use this information? No Am I gonna watch the entire thing and like it anyway? You betcha

Hey can u do a video how u tapped ur drumsticks in the last cadece in Drumline when u took ur taped drumsticks from ur back please.

PEARL DRUMS!!!

Does anyone else get super disgusted watching others tune drums outside of the "norm" we may have been taught, only to be blown away at the end results EVERY single time.. I've spent hours tuning a drum set or snares "by the books" only for it to sound like pure garbage, and find my best sounds when I quit worrying about individual lug tightness/same tones to the thousandth degree of similarity. Super excited for future videos!

How do you find the snare gut/wire assembly? I cant seem to find one for my Yamaha sfz snare drum, any help is appreciated thanks

Black max would look dope

I'm always scared to tune new heads up that fast. It takes about two weeks to get the bottom head where I really like it (D5). Top head usually takes me a good week to dial in.

Have you looked at EMCProductions version of the finale from drumline. He has made sheet music for it

I had no idea you could tune individual snare strands lol

How do you not have a million subscribers?

love how the thumbnail is a floor tom.

the last part sounded like my city when midnight hits 😅 #activewarzone #elsicario

What type/ brand of "Snares" or "Guts" do you reccomend ? Im currently using a 13 x 9 ' Pearl Competitor Series CMS Snare Drum with the stock nylon snares . I was doing a parade and the Snares became disconnected from the "plastic " strap. I have since replaced the plastic strap with Velcro straps. Looking for reccomendations suggestions of Heads /Snares etc I appreciate and comments or suggestions . Thanks Sal

Clutch

I've never even played a snare drum in my life, and yet I just watched a 30 minute long video on how to tune one...

I wonder how much lower the pitch is @16:54

AQ Baby

I wonder if tuning the snare strands in deliberately different notes would be a good decision? Like every other strand a perfect 5th away from the ones next to it? How would that affect the sound?

25:57 is that crazy train?

As a mechanic looking at this. Wouldn't tightening with a torque wrench be VERY efficient?

Compare this to a Challenger or TDR with a silver dot

Is the bottom head a regular top end head?

How to tune a snare drum....points to a floor tom on the thumbnail😂

you snare sound depends on whether you ar a chrous or showstyle band.

what i like to do is tune the snare in a star pattern then tune them in circles so that i don't break my drum head because i have a pearl competitor and It came with that same stock head then i wanted a remo white max but i over tightened it and broke it so the best thing for me to do is tune the snare in a star pattern to get it started then the rest the circle method

What kind of bottom head is that?

I wanted to like the video but it had 69 likes and i couldnt bring myself to change that. LOL

came here to see the difference betwen a marching snare drum and the snare drum of a drum kit.

looks a lot like tensioning spokes on a new bike wheel

Timpani heads are a pain to put on and tune too.

only takes 24 hours to tune!

The snare beds are NOT the same as the guts. The snare beds are the 2 inward dips on opposite sides on the bottom edge of the shell that the guts line up and press in to.

Your shirt's really loud.

Dude. . ANY reputable snare player is disgusted by the movie Drumline.... 🤢🤢

That Morris Brown X Factor solo was beautiful at the end 💯💯💯💯