I Shot the Sheriff BPM
I Shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley & The Wailers has a tempo of 96 BPM (96.4 to be exact), in 4/4 time, played in sixteenths. That is Moderato.
BPM · 4/4 · Sixteenths
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Tempo and time signature
- Tempo
- 96 BPM (96.4) · Moderato
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Sixteenths
- One beat
- 622 ms
- One click
- 156 ms
- One bar
- 2.49 s
- Half time / double time
- 48 BPM / 193 BPM
- Tempo range
- 80 – 100 BPM
How to count it
Count 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a: 4 quarter-note beats to the bar, with the click on every sixteenth note, 156 ms apart. The first beat of each bar is accented.
Practise it up to speed
Start at 72 BPM and let the tempo trainer raise it 2 BPM every 4 bars until it reaches 96.
Start the tempo trainer at 72 BPM
Or open the full metronome at a slower tempo:
About this tempo
This is the tempo the ENYO Metronome app uses for this song. Live versions and remasters can differ, so trust your ears over the number.
Tempo list updated .