When A Man Loves A Woman · Michael Bolton

61 bars, 4:26, at 55 BPM: slow enough that every note is exposed. Crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick and nothing else.

RockPopUnder 90 BPM
TEMPO
55 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
61
LENGTH
4:26
DIFFICULTY
81/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 23% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 6-16 and 18-20 -- 23% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 55 BPM
WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN · BAR 6
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

12 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 1, 21, 25, 27, 29, 33 and 8 more.

LOOP · 55 BPM
BAR 1 · LANDS ON BAR 2
LOOP · 55 BPM
BAR 21 · LANDS ON BAR 22
LOOP · 55 BPM
BAR 25 · LANDS ON BAR 26 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 55 BPM
BAR 27 · LANDS ON BAR 28

8 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

61 bars across 7 sections: 37 keep time, 14 are fills and 3 are stops. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 7-20.

PART B
PART D
PART G
PART B
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
5 groovesKDMBGFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is When A Man Loves A Woman?

55 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. Slow enough to hear every mistake, which is why the room lets you sit at the written tempo rather than under it.

Is When A Man Loves A Woman hard to play on drums?

81 out of 100. Hard, and what makes it hard is how much of it falls off the beat. The beat itself is 48 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

61 bars, about 4:26 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 32 exercises over 12 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in When A Man Loves A Woman?

12 fills to learn, played 14 times: bars 1, 21, 25, 27, 29, 33 and 8 more.

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