Instrument Maintenance

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

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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

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Drum Set

Snare Drum

Toms

Bass Drum

Setting Up Your Set

Make Your "cheap" Set Sound GREAT!