14 Vs 16 Floor Tom Sound
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14 vs 16 floor tom sound. 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. The 16 diameter is almost always a floor tom. It was added to the drum kit in the early part of the 20th century. How to tune a 14 hanging floor tom how to tune a floor tom drum tuning.
The most popular floor tom sizes are 14 x 12 13 and 14. A somewhat rarer size 16 x 18 so a reverse of the 18 x 16 is also sometimes used as a second floor tom along with the 16 x 16. It is not to be confused with a tam tam a gong the tom is popular and used by players worldwide. A tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snares named from the anglo indian and sinhala language.
Placing your floor tom first popularized in the 1950 s by gene krupa the floor tom was originally placed in the drum kit in the middle of two bass drums on the far side of the snare drum. As a floor tom the depths range from 11 to 14. Most toms range in size between 6 and 20 inches 15 and 51 cm in diameter though floor toms can go as large as 24 inches 61 cm. Generally a 14 tom is a very easy drum and it produces a great sound regardless of the depth.