Part 5 · Other Styles · Chapter 75
Many slow ballads are in 6/8: six eighth notes per bar, felt as two big beats. The bass drum plays beat 1 and the snare plays beat 4 (the second big beat).
Floor tom on the eighth notes for a bigger sound.
Feel 6/8 as two slow swings: 1-2-3, 4-5-6. The music rocks back and forth.