DragonScales, The Hero Levels, Cello Legend: 25 Fantasy Etudes to Slay Evil for violin, viola, and cello...

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Nicholas Revel

DragonScales, The Hero Levels, Cello Legend

25 Fantasy Etudes to Slay Evil for violin, viola, and cello in Noble or Legend difficulty modes...

Nicholas Revel

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Nick Revel
17 August 2024

Musical scores, lyrics & libretti; String instruments; Techniques of music & music tutorials

Series: Dragonscales: The Hero Levels, 25 Fantasy Etudes to Slay Evil for Violin, Viola, and Cello

DragonScales: The Hero Levels, 25 Fantasy Etudes to Slay Evil, is a revolutionary role playing video game-inspired etude book where you, the player, are the hero in an original magical adventure fantasy. The 25 etudes and their accompanying audio play-along recordings are the soundtrack to the story. Your skills will be tested through difficult technical passages, extended techniques, workbook theory, and improvisation, as your hero character battles to slay evil.

This book has three components: the written story, the notated etudes, and the audio play-along recordings. The audio play-along accompanies the etude and the etude accompanies the scene. All relevant external links are accessed on a single QR code page. For a fully immersive experience while playing your instrument with the recordings, wireless earbuds, headphones, or quality speakers are highly recommended.

The Hero Levels are available for violin, viola, and cello, each in Noble and Legend difficulty modes. All six of these variants use the same story and audio play-along recordings. The etudes themselves are not identical but play well together when combined, which enables multi-player mode, where you can play with your friend or teacher, or in group class with everybody playing their respective parts. Separately, many of these etudes function as concert pieces and can be performed on recitals or juries. The etudes also work as stand-alone studies and require neither the written story nor the audio play-alongs for you to gain experience and level up.

In addition to the play-alongs, there are several extras all linked to from the QR code page. The practice tempo playlist has play-alongs in 60, 80, and 90% of full tempos. The Demo Play-through playlist has recorded performances of all the Viola Legend etudes, which can serve as simple references or play-alongs for the solo parts. Lastly, the Community Space playlist showcases the work and progress of fellow Hero Levels players. Nick writes: ""Over time we can create a community of Heroes, like you, who are slaying evil in their own ways on their own instruments at their own paces. This can be a space to meet and learn from each other and celebrate the differences in our musical expressions.""

""Learning the craft of an instrument should be fun! Fun stimulates brain activity and learning happens quicker and deeper. Why not go on an adventure while learning your instrument? I wanted to create a large-scale flexible learning tool for multiple instruments and difficulty levels that access multiple sources of creativity along the way. My hope is that you, the player, and the Hero, will play this game and feel inspired to make your story come to life. I hope others will learn from this book as I have.""

And with that, may the power of the Sacred Spirit Crystal bless you on your journey through the Hero Levels!

By: Nicholas Revel
Imprint: Nick Revel
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9798987512487
Series: Dragonscales: The Hero Levels, 25 Fantasy Etudes to Slay Evil for Violin, Viola, and Cello
Pages: 114
Publication Date: 17 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nick Revel is a Multi-GRAMMY(TM) Nominated violist, composer, engineer, and educator based in Queens, NY. As founding violist of PUBLIQuartet, he regularly performs and premiers original and improvised new music on venues across the country. Their recent GRAMMY(TM) Nominated album, What Is American (2022, Bright Shiny Things) topped the Billboard Classical charts on release and has been streamed over one million times. Nick has produced two full length albums of original electro-acoustic works for viola: Letters to My Future Self (2018, Centaur Records) and DREAM COLLIDER (2022 Sapphire Records), His recent composition awards include Catalyst Quartet's blind CQ Minute call for scores, fivebyfive ensemble's 2020 call for original scores, the Red Jasper Award Shortlist, and finalist in the Golden Hornet Smackdown IV string quartet competition.Nick has produced and engineered chamber orchestras, chamber ensembles, soloists, and choirs across the country with credits on GRAMMY(TM) Nominated albums Of Power (2021, Bright Shiny Things) and What Is American (2022, Bright Shiny Things). He's a featured violist on over 35 albums, and commercial and film soundtracks.As an educator and author, Nick has sold nearly 500 copies of his method book DragonScales 3-Octave Scales and Arpeggios (2023, Amazon KDP). He is immensely excited about the release of his latest and greatest project DragonScales: The Hero Levels, 25 Fantasy Etudes to Slay Evil.