DragonScales: The Hero Levels

At a Glance

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 accompanying audio play-along recordings are the soundtrack to the story. Choose between three difficulty modes as your skills are tested through technical passages, extended techniques, workbook theory, and improvisation—while 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 and clickable link page. For a fully immersive experience while playing your instrument with the recordings, wireless earbuds, headphones, or quality speakers are highly recommended.

Available for:

• Violin

• Viola

• Cello

Includes:

• Original story and art

• Etude sheet music

• Audio play-alongs

• Demo play-throughs

• Practice tempo audio

• Etude walk-throughs

Difficulty Modes:

• Story = Suzuki book 2-5

• Noble = Suzuki book 5+

• Legend = Concerto level

• Share the same art, story, and audio play-alongs

Areas of Focus:

• Technical passage work

• Musical storytelling

• Extended techniques

• Theory

• Guided improvisation

Try the Hero Levels

Click below on the YouTube link to hear the 1st etude’s audio play-along, then click on your instrument to open the sheet music. Choose between Story, Noble, and Legend difficulty modes.

for Violin

for Viola

for Cello

Reviews and Testimonials

“Revel's series…will transform how you teach and play. His mission, to make practice fun and enjoyable as well as educational, comes to fruition in these resourceful and very imaginative books." — Mary Nemet, Strings Magazine

“…the things that are happening in the story, you can directly hear happening musically in the etude…I really really really love these books!” — Rebecca Rovny, YouTube

“…created to chime with the imagination and lifestyle of the young musician of today…it is well worth exploring.” — Alex Laing, The Strad Magazine

“My students are having a great time! I've got a bunch of gamers who love it! “ — Amy, K-12 classroom teacher, KS

“…I’ve had a lot of fun with this. I highly recommend this to anyone that wants…something a little different than repetitive course work.” — David Moyer, Amazon customer

“Some of my favorite things are: the way that young musicians get to practice with a track with lots of opportunities to reflect on their intonation and their rhythm…The way that many of my students identify with being a player in a video game.” — Melinda Rice, violinist/composer/teacher

Hero Levels Dropdown

Instructions for Purchasing The Hero Levels

Use the discount code SLAYER10 at checkout for any orders $50 and up

Individuals

Choose your instrument and your difficulty mode. Story mode roughly equates to Suzuki Book 2-5, Noble to Suzuki Book 5+, and Legend to a concerto Level.

Studio Teachers

Triple Packs include all three difficulty modes—Story, Noble, and Legend—grouped together by etude in order of difficulty, making it easy to switch between levels.

Classroom Teachers and conductors

Purchase score and parts sets for any single etude or the Complete Orchestral Bundle for the entire journey. Try “1. The Hero from Amberglade” in this format for free. Bulk pricing available for paperbacks.

As always, if you have any questions please send a message.