Easy Lover – Philip Bailey (ft. Phil Collins) drums: play-along & drum tab

Easy Lover drum tab: tempo, difficulty and parts

Easy Lover by Philip Bailey (ft. Phil Collins) is 132 BPM and runs 4:55: 162 bars and 2,133 notes played on the hi-hat, kick, snare, crash, tom 2, tom 1 and floor tom.

The drum part is rated Medium — comfortable once the groove is steady, and the fills are where it asks more.

It has 4 fills, its longest section is the Chorus 3 (1:06) and the hi-hat opens as well as closes.

Song map

0:00Intro 1
0:15Intro 2
0:29Chorus 1
0:56Verse 1
1:25Pre-Chorus 1
1:42Chorus 2
2:09Verse 2
2:38Pre-Chorus 2
2:56Pre-Solo
3:04Solo
3:33Pre-Chorus 3
3:49Chorus 3

How to play Easy Lover on drums

Plug in your electronic drum kit over USB — or play on the keyboard.
Press play. The notes of Easy Lover come down in time with the recording. Play it in Beatfall or read it as drum notation.
Slow it down. Take the Fill into Pre-Solo at 0.5× or 0.75× with a click and a count-in, then bring it up to 132 BPM.
Check every hit — on time, early or late — before you record your Easy Lover drum cover.

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Easy Lover on drums: questions

How hard is Easy Lover on drums?

Easy Lover by Philip Bailey (ft. Phil Collins) is rated medium on DRUMY: 2,133 notes over 162 bars at 132 BPM. Start it at 0.5× or 0.75×, or on the Easy level with the hardest notes taken out.

What BPM is Easy Lover?

Easy Lover plays at about 132 BPM and runs 4:55.

Can I play Easy Lover on drums without the drums in the song?

Play it along with the full recording, or turn the backing off and play to the click.

Can I learn Easy Lover step by step?

Yes. DRUMY's Trainer turns Easy Lover into a course: its beats, fills and joins one at a time, the hands first and then the kick, from 70% speed up to full speed.