Well, for starters your smaller tom should have the higher tone, right? Then the tones get lower as the toms get bigger. And they progress down in tone a couple of notes to the next tom. But it mostly depends on what sounds good to you. It depends on what kind of music you prefer to an extent as well. Also in the first place, since it's a beginner kit, the batter heads that came with them are for lack of a better word, crap. First I would think what kind of music your going to play for the most part, then check out the on line store sites and read all the feedback on each type of head. Remo Pinstripes are a popular head for rock type music playing as they have a muffling ring built in, is a 2 ply head for strength, and they produce a nice lower type rock thud sound. Your snare batter head needs to be changed out as well. Not to mention your bass drum batter head. You'd be surprised at what a difference an after market head can do for any kit. You should be okay with still using your stock reso heads for now. Unless of course you already know this and have after market heads on it already. On tuning I could write a novel on how to tune a drum, but it would be on how I tune a drum. There is no textbook correct way in achieving this. It's all personal preference on what sound your trying to achieve. But the good news is that there are tons of different "how to tune a drum" methods for all the different drums there are on YouTube to get you started. Just follow what they are doing and you should be able to achieve what your looking for after a lot of trail and error. It's not easy. And for someone new it can be frustrating as hell. But keep at it and don't give up. It's not rocket science. If you follow the directions it will work out for you. Welcome to DC and good luck, man.
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