Playing Without A Floor Tom Tom

In this video i ll be comparing the sound of my toms with and without dampening rings.

Playing without a floor tom tom.

A floor tom or low tom is a double headed tom tom drum which usually stands on the floor on three legs however they can also be attached to a cymbal stand with a drum clamp or supported by a rim mount it is a cylindrical drum without snare wires and tend to produce a booming resonant sound which can vary in pitch. Personally i think snare high tom floor tom floor tom sounds better than snare high tom mid tom floor tom i don t think having more notes in between the high tom and the floor tom does anything to improve the sound. When arranging the toms imagine a half circle running from high tom to floor with the center of each tom head bisected by that imaginary half circle line. I don t play fills that go down the kit and i can use the floor and high tom for most everything.

It s a feel thing. 9 if you hold your sticks out so the tips strike the center of your high tom you should be able to simply rotate on your throne without changing the angle of your elbows at all and. Double miking double miking every tom will allow you to better mold your tom sound. As stated tom toms are the support drums you add to your kit.

Jungle beats are a standard tom pattern that are usually easy to play since they re based on riding on your floor tom. Feel free to comment on which one sounds best to you. Canopus rfm oil finish 14 floor tom with remo renaissance drum heads on both sid. Once you move your hi hat hand over your floor tom your other hand will have unrestricted access to the rest of your kit creating some exciting melodic possibilities exs.

The akg 414s on the top were angled 45 degrees pointed halfway between the rim and the center. In a recent session we did here we used akg 414s on the top of both floor toms a d112 under the lowest floor tom and a d6 on the bottom of the other floor tom. Do you think your playing would be better or more interesting if you had 6 toms. Some kits have more and others have less any number of tom toms in any size can be added to any any kit it s just a matter of the player deciding what they need.

A drum solo performed on a floor tom with timpani mallets. In the mid toms spot is a cowbell and tambourine which i use constantly. And i put a floor tom to the left of me too.