Message in a Bottle
The Police · 1979
Copeland's hi-hat and rimclick interplay at brisk tempo.
- Artist
- The Police
- Year
- 1979
- Genre
- rock
- Drummer
- Stewart Copeland
- Tempo
- 150 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- reggae-inflected rock
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
90bpm
Building
120bpm
Target
150bpm
The feel
A reggae-inflected rock in 4/4 around 150 BPM. It moves — stay relaxed in the hands so you don't tense up and rush.
Form
Intro (riff) · Verse · Chorus · Verse · Chorus · Bridge · Chorus · Outro (SOS)
What to watch
- •Play to a metronome and prize consistency over speed — even time is the whole game.
How to learn it
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