Suite Madame Blue v2 2026 · Styx

110 bars of 4/4 at 122 BPM, about 3:36 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick.

120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
122 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
110
LENGTH
3:36
DIFFICULTY
57/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 12% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 9-17 -- 11.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 122 BPM
SUITE MADAME BLUE V2 2026 · BAR 10
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

10 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 24, 26, 59 and 13 more.

LOOP · 122 BPM
BARS 6-8 · LANDS ON BAR 9 · PLAYED 3 TIMES
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 24 · LANDS ON BAR 25
LOOP · 122 BPM
BAR 26 · LANDS ON BAR 27
LOOP · 122 BPM
BARS 59-60 · LANDS ON BAR 61 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

6 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

110 bars across 13 sections: 40 keep time, 19 are fills, 11 are stops and 34 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 11-17.

PART E
PART F
PART S5
BREAK
CHORUS
PART M
CHORUS 2
12 groovesPMS5S7F+7Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Suite Madame Blue v2 2026?

122 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in thirty-second notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Suite Madame Blue v2 2026 hard to play on drums?

57 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 35 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

110 bars, about 3:36 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 12 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, mid tom, floor tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Suite Madame Blue v2 2026?

10 fills to learn, played 19 times: bars 6, 7, 8, 24, 26, 59 and 13 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 110 BARS ANALYSED
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