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How to Make Drums Quiet

Making your drums quieter requires adding a few components to the drum to help dampen the sound and reduce the overall volume. There are commercial and do-it-yourself options available to reduce the sound of your drums. Whether you want to reduce the sound to avoid disturbing your neighbors or just need to quiet the drum in a small ensemble, the process for decreasing volume is easy.

Instructions

    • 1

      Place a rubber pad on top of the batter head (the main head of the drum) to reduce the volume of the drum.

    • 2

      Replace your old drum heads with thicker heads. Thicker heads will reduce the sound of the drum.

    • 3

      Tune the drum down from its regular pitch, by loosening the screws around the side. Don't loosen them so much that the drum rattles. Making the pitch slightly lower will make it possible to decrease the sound naturally.

    • 4

      Keep your sticks closer to the drum and choose thinner sticks to reduce the volume of the drum.

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