Streamwood High School Band Department
Follow Us:
  • Home
    • Incoming Freshman Information
    • SHS Open House
  • Ensembles
    • Concert Band
    • Marching Band >
      • SABRE Marching Band
      • SABRE Guard >
        • SABRE Guard Auditions
    • Jazz Band
    • Canton Middle School
  • Calendar
  • Faculty
  • Documents
    • Handouts and Forms
    • Performance Reflections >
      • Marching Band
      • Concert Band
    • Practice/Rehearsal Plan
    • Artifacts Project
    • Chamber Music Unit >
      • Information Packet
      • Groups List
    • Students Only >
      • Student Documents
      • Rehearsal Recordings
    • MusicFirst
    • SmartMusic
    • ORLANDO 2021
  • Media
    • SABRE Marching Band >
      • Reference Recordings
      • Performances
      • SABRE Guard Media
    • Concert Band >
      • Reference Recordings
      • Performances
    • Jazz Band >
      • Reference Recordings
    • Percussion Ensemble >
      • Performances
      • Instrument Maintenance
    • Other Media >
      • Fox Valley Reference Material
  • Fundraising
    • Uniform Fundraiser
    • Online Store Fundraiser
  • Band Apparel
  • Contact Us

Instrument Maintenance

This page contains videos and materials to help you learn how to care for, and tune many percussion instruments.

Marching Percussion

Marching Snare Drum

How to change the heads on a Marching Snare Drum.  Information for both batter and snare side heads, as well as basic tuning and maintenance.
BASIC TUTORIAL
BATTER SIDE - IN DEPTH
SNARE SIDE - IN DEPTH

Marching Bass Drum

CHANGING HEADS - IN DEPTH

Marching Tenor Drum

BASIC TUTORIAL
IN DEPTH

Drum Set

Snare Drum
Toms
Bass Drum
Setting Up Your Set
Make Your "cheap" Set Sound GREAT!
SHS Main Page





Copyright © 2020 Streamwood High School Music Department. All rights reserved.
Contact Information:

Streamwood High School
701 West Schaumburg Rd.
Streamwood, IL 60107

Email: 
ZacharyGeller@u-46.org
Office Phone: 630-213-5500 x4907