What Is A Jazz Drum Set?

Jazz is one of the most popular music styles in the world. And jazz drumming can be defined as the art of playing the drums in jazz styles. They range from the Dixieland jazz style of the 1910s to the jazz fusion era of the 1970s and the Latin jazz era of the 1980s.

Even though jazz seems to have remained the same over the years, the technique and instruments involved in the style have greatly evolved, especially to the large acceptance of jazz and individual drummers within it. Each drummer tries to come up with the best ways of delivering performance.

A jazz drum set is a complete setup of drums, cymbals, and other percussion instruments used for jazz tunes. The sets are quite similar to a standard drum kit. But they show a massive and substantial difference from any other drum kit. Even if they are similar in a lot of parts, there are differences in jazz (and rock) drum set.

First, they are dynamic in reacting to soft playing high-quality styles compared to other drums. These drums are generally lighter and more sensitive.

Secondly, they can deliver a low-frequency tone that is specific to jazz. Every component comes with high sensitives.

Jazz cymbals are often lighter and highly responsive. This is because jazz drumming is more subtle, and drummers need to deliver the best sounds.
When it comes to sound, jazz drums have a high pitch in them. The bass drum is much deeper, with a great low end. On the other hand, the snare is brighter too.

Jazz drumming is quite fun, especially if you have the right drum set with you. This is why drummers are encouraged to be careful with their selection of instruments, so they don’t miss out on the best sounds.

There have beed 2 eras of the jazz style:

in the 1910s everything began with to the jazz fusion era
in the 1970s has been the jazz second era
in the 1980s the last latin jazz era

Even though jazz seems to have remained the same over the years, the technique and instruments involved in the style have greatly evolved, especially to the large acceptance of jazz and individual drummers within it. Each drummer tries to come up with the best ways of delivering performance

How To Tune A Drum Set For Jazz?

No matter how you want your drums to sound like, the tuning process is fairly the same. But if you are not sure where to begin, don’t worry. I will show you how to tune a jazz drum set.

Start by resting the drum head over the shells’ bearing edges and place the hoop over the head while aligning each hole with a lug.

Loosely insert the tension rods into the hoop and tighten with your finger. And then continue to tighten each tension rod using the same amount. Because you are looking for high pitched tuning, turn more each time up to 90 degrees.

Once you gave a rough tune, continue until you have a fine-tune. Repeat the process with either side of the drum head, and with every drum in your set until you are satisfied.

Follow the same order to fine-tuning until there are no overtones. This depends on personal preferences.