The Ringy Snare MYTH | How to tune your snare @thenonglamorousdrummer
The Ringy Snare MYTH | How to tune your snare  @thenonglamorousdrummer
Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
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Myth: Ringiness from a snare drum is bad, annoying, and needs to be gotten rid of.
Truth: Ringiness can actually give a snare more body and fullness, and there’s a trick you can do that keeps it from being annoying!

Hey if you’ve struggled with snare tuning (especially with ringiness), and your snare just sounds BAD to your ear, then today’s lesson will challenge your thinking on this and provide you with a bunch of practical solutions.

I was playing at church a couple of weeks ago, and I felt like I got my snare sounding awesome. Then 2 songs into the set, it suddenly had this awful ring I couldn’t get rid of.

I’ll show you why this happened and how we can avoid this, as we break down the “Ringy Snare Myth” and the 5 steps you can take today to get the snare sound of your dreams. YOU CAN DO THIS!

Check out these additional lessons to go deeper:

“Don’t fix a ringy snare with moon gel. Here’s why…”
youtu.be/uvpAAUasJxw

“5 tips for PRO-sounding rimshots”
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