What does tape on the bottom of drums do?

Question

well a couple months ago i bought a drum set and it came with duct tape on the bottom of my 2 air toms and my floor tom. im wondering what the tape does. so if you could please tell me that would be great!!!

Answer 1

The duck tape is used for muffling (damping) drums.  Its also known as "gaffer tape" and its mostly used when the natural resonance of the drum shell and/or skin may be too much.  

To be honest, I'm a drummer too and I had no idea about that until today.  Just go to the link below in the sources and it has more info on the topic.  

Hope that helps =)