The Police drum tabs
4 charts, 117-151 BPM. Each one is read from a real score: play it along to the record, slow it down, or take the practice course under it.
- CHARTS
- 4
- TEMPO
- 117-151 BPM
- BARS IN ALL
- 618
- WITH A COURSE
- 4 of 4
- USUAL KEY
- Ab major
EVERY THE POLICE CHART
LEARNING THE POLICE ON DRUMS
4 The Police drum parts are transcribed here, 618 bars of music in total, filed under 80s, album rock, alternative pop/rock and alternative rock. Every one of them is a chart read from a real score rather than a tab somebody typed out: the notes are where the score put them, the tempo is the record’s own, and the page plays the recording underneath while you read.
Nothing here asks you to play it at full speed on the first pass. Take any chart down to half tempo, loop the four bars that will not come clean, and bring it back up. 4 of these 4 songs also have a practice course under them: the part broken into the few things actually different about it, one at a time, ending with you playing the whole song against the record.
A good place to start is "Every Breath You Take" at 117 BPM, the slowest of them, or "Every Breath You Take" at 113 bars, the shortest. Sheet music, tab, MIDI and MusicXML download from every chart if you would rather read it away from the screen.
QUESTIONS
How many The Police drum tabs are there?
4 The Police drum charts, each read from a real score and playable along to the record in the browser. 4 of them come with a practice course that breaks the part into exercises and takes each one up to tempo.
Are The Police songs hard to play on drums?
Tempos here run from 117 to 151 BPM. The slowest is "Every Breath You Take" at 117 BPM, and the shortest is "Every Breath You Take" at 113 bars, which makes either a reasonable place to start. Every chart also has a simplified version with the hi-hat pulled back and the fills written as eighths on the snare.
What key are most The Police songs in?
Most often Ab major, C# minor and D minor. The catalogue files them under 80s, album rock, alternative pop/rock and alternative rock.