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Drum tuning dependent on key of song [message #70345]

Sun, 16 July 2006 08:57

brandon[2]
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Registered: June 2006

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Does anyone intentionally tune the drums to the specific key of the song?
How does one go abuot doing this? Is there any literature on this technique?

thx

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Re: Drum tuning dependent on key of song [message #70354 is a reply to message #70345]

Mon, 17 July 2006 03:57

rick

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Registered: February 2006

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yes but only a couple of times where it made sense...with a
tuner...don't know...

On 17 Jul 2006 01:57:35 +1000, "brandon" <a@a.com> wrote:

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>Does anyone intentionally tune the drums to the specific key of the song?
>How does one go abuot doing this? Is there any literature on this technique?
>
>
>
>thx

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Re: Drum tuning dependent on key of song [message #70369 is a reply to message #70345]

Mon, 17 July 2006 11:08

gene Lennon[3]
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Registered: June 2006

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"brandon" <a@a.com> wrote:
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>Does anyone intentionally tune the drums to the specific key of the song?
>How does one go abuot doing this? Is there any literature on this technique?
>
>
>
>thx

Drums and percussion that are tuned in a manner that is harmonically related
to the root of the song can help with the �polished factor�. Generally, I
will listen for clashes and only change pitches if I notice a problem, but
if I am doing drum replacement I will give pitch some consideration.
Gene

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