Dragonhunter, by Richard Meyer

Dragonhunter, by Richard Meyer - Score & Sound

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Dragonhunter
By Richard Meyer
Item: 00-20797
Series: Highland/Etling String Explorer
Category: String Orchestra
Format: Conductor Score & Parts
Level: 1
Using only the notes of the D major scale, Richard Meyer has fashioned a medieval-sounding piece that is sure to fascinate your beginning string students. The minor key, modal harmonies and driving rhythms give this piece a very mature sound. The aggressive main theme is introduced by violins and violas, with cello and bass in counterpoint. The theme later returns in canon, with cellos and basses being chased (hunted) by the violins and violas. Very dramatic from start to finish! (2:51) This title is available in SmartMusic.
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Пікірлер: 285

@Firestar-zp5dq 3 жыл бұрын

When playing this song in a big orchestra you can feel it's power

@elviaortiz2975 Жыл бұрын

Thats true, that is very much true

@Alarexia 5 ай бұрын

We have 40 kids in our orchestra and our conductor has us playing very loud and fierce and you can just feel the power, we have our concert tomorrow (Im the Concertmaster the the 7th grade orchestra) and we love this piece even though we are used to playing more challenging pieces.

@sararickett1096 5 ай бұрын

Yes❤

@daisyhargis8932 5 жыл бұрын

we played this piece in 6th grade and now it’s a tradition in our orchestra because we loved it so much! every year the beginning class plays this piece for the spring concert

@mayavuong-ramirez6759 4 жыл бұрын

I played this, same darn piece for all my years of playing cello, like canon in D...

@benjaminmoua78 4 жыл бұрын

It’s a tradition for the 6th grade for our school to. Reason was because the 6th grade do this midevil fair and the orchestra got to play this song for it. Which for the concert the 6th graders also play this for spring as well. Now my brother is playing it!

@lyrarhoades5910 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! My orchestra is playing this right now! It’s awesome!

@abbyh.3656 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@yongpark6844 3 жыл бұрын

Same :D

@kazukoiwanaga1802 6 ай бұрын

I swear, when the basses and cellos play the main part a measure before the rest of the orchestra, it makes you feel like your leading the charge

@josie.- 4 ай бұрын

@taylordement 3 ай бұрын

exactly!

@randomlatters6588 Жыл бұрын

This is a piece that no orchestra can skip. If your orchestra hasn’t played this piece then it isn’t a real orchestra. No orchestra can skip this piece. It doesn’t count as an orchestra if you haven’t played this before.

@timothyblancada4325 Жыл бұрын

My orchestra played this

@noodlevilled3960 Жыл бұрын

@@timothyblancada4325 me too!

@claytonkisner177 Жыл бұрын

Fr because I’m in 6th grade and we are already learning it and I’m like one of the advanced ones so I’m and here trying to get the whole song not only half of it

@qu6nt Жыл бұрын

fr, i loved playing this in 6th grade and i still love this piece to this day

@kaiyadykhuizen7187 10 ай бұрын

My orchestra is real then

@Oliviaisjsthebest5 Жыл бұрын

This song is so much better then I thought. I’m in orchestra and we are doing it for our spring concert. It hasn’t been real orchestra if you haven’t played this song.

@ovall4052 7 ай бұрын

I’ve gone from playing this, to now playing the Violin 1 solo for The Emerald Falcon. Richard Meyer is the best

@alavichoudhury188 5 жыл бұрын

I remember playing this in 6th grade, this was a pretty fun piece.

@CELESTIAL_ELITE Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@Definitely_being.an_idiot Жыл бұрын

So did my Friend Angel

@itslimk7707 5 жыл бұрын

Playing this piece in my orchestra, love it!

@daniellara3279 5 жыл бұрын

Micah_ TC me too

@gabi7385 5 жыл бұрын

Micah_ TC same its the best song we’ve played in my opinion

@brendamar 5 жыл бұрын

same

@Nick-uo8jy 5 жыл бұрын

I played it for sight reading

@venusthefury5785 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@ovall4052 7 ай бұрын

The 6th grade orchestra at my school has played this piece every year for like 5 years and it’s amazing

@nc9128 4 жыл бұрын

I just started playing this song on 5th grade semester 2. This is by far my fav song. 😄😁

@elli_idk8298 4 жыл бұрын

Man I remember playing this and I played the cello I swear I put so much motion and expression into this song with I played .. I broke like 4 bow strings 😂😭

@dulce77763 3 жыл бұрын

I'm playing rn and I do the same 😂😭

@spongbong0 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@spongbong0 3 жыл бұрын

@@TtvGreyDracoKing 😳

@FadeDoesArt 2 жыл бұрын

I play cello to and am playing this song :)

@user-iy7ih1di3u 9 ай бұрын

Violinist here, don't your strings only break when tuning?

@cinnamoralllover1001 6 ай бұрын

We played this song in our winter concert! It was amazing!!

@FadeDoesArt 2 жыл бұрын

Hearing this song fills you with determination

@felixwhy Жыл бұрын

undertale reference?????

@FadeDoesArt Жыл бұрын

@@felixwhy indeed 🙃

@felixwhy Жыл бұрын

@@FadeDoesArt haha nice

@infiniteentertainmentandmo8616 9 ай бұрын

This was my first richard meyer piece as a viola and it was amazing! So far, I've played the following songs made by him in order: Dragonhunter Ninja Starfleet Terra Nova (which is by far the BEST!!!)

@Vería7 4 ай бұрын

Same!

@Vería7 4 ай бұрын

Just not the other songs

@minefan7 3 ай бұрын

Richard Meyer has some good lower level pieces, but where his REALLY good stuff is is in the higher levels like 3 and 4. Incantations (4), The Emerald Falcon (4), Subterranean Dialogues (4), Mantras (3), The Elements (4), Swamp Thang (4), and Minotaur (4) are all really good high level pieces. As a fellow violist I can say these all represent the Viola pretty well

@rulaibrahim5205 3 ай бұрын

Moonstone by Yukiko Nishimura is another epic piece

@Robert_E.O_Speedwagon_ 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh I remember playing this, it brings back so many memories

@clovekah9451 4 жыл бұрын

I see a lot of comments about playing this in 6th grade, I'm currently in 6th grade and learning this.

@spongbong0 3 жыл бұрын

Cool. I'm abt to be in 10th and i love this piece and its legit the easiest thing now💀💀💀

@renkays0012 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in seventh learning to play it on viola

@sevascarsandcoins6020 5 ай бұрын

Same 6th on viola

@Rizzster69 2 ай бұрын

lol ig ur in 10th grade now. time flies pretty quick!

@I_eat_plutonium 8 ай бұрын

I'm playing this right now it's awesome, I'm violin 1 and my orchestra is playing it and it's awesome!

@renkays0012 2 жыл бұрын

I play viola. We only have one bass in our class, and i guess it's every other day, because he's also the only trumpet in band (which I'm also in). We're learning to play this song for i think the spring concert, and in in seventh grade. A lot of comments day they were in 6th it 5th grade, but I'm in seventh. This is such a cool piece!!

@elviaortiz2975 Жыл бұрын

We also have 1 bass

@S3liya_alt Жыл бұрын

@@elviaortiz2975 same

@alyssert1743 Жыл бұрын

I am currently 7th grade, I remember playing this one last year. Richard Meyer is such a good composer :) Also, we currently have two basses both of which are in one class lol

@hz1929 8 ай бұрын

i learned this in 7th on the cello in my class orchestra. i’m 19 now. Still stuck with me - i fucking love this song. special place in my heart forever

@Rayy._.444 8 ай бұрын

We played this and now every can’t stop playing haha! Every time we got free time the violas, violins, and cellos group up to play this!

@Marionna23 10 ай бұрын

AHHH IM TEACHING MYSELF THIS NOW!!!!

@mikaylarosenberger8196 5 жыл бұрын

I did this piece at my 5th grade orchestra concert. I'm in 9th grade now

@selomeawlachew8409 4 жыл бұрын

Mikaylas Channel I did it to for fifth

@ak-wq6di 4 жыл бұрын

First Richard Meyer piece played Order: Dragon hunter Night shift Madras Swamp thang The elements Incantations They are all great pieces

@xotillwere 4 жыл бұрын

You should try hemepheres and GPS and Kabuki dance, those are awesome songs as well

@vanessapt.245 4 жыл бұрын

Bro my orchestra teacher is making us play night shift and dragon hunter and immmm soooo happy these pieces are really fun to play im hoping we get to play them at our concert tooooo!

@JacksonHollo 3 жыл бұрын

I’m learning Swamp Thang by myself, it’s soo fun!!!

@cjmsaracingnetwork5937 2 жыл бұрын

The first Richard Meyer piece I played was Sahara crossing

@AceOfStars0 2 жыл бұрын

@@xotillwere is hemispheres hard? We haven't gotten it but I'm curious since I like it a lot

@kaibutsukai Жыл бұрын

We’re learning this song in our orchestra class right now

@cannedrandomness 5 ай бұрын

yea, it’s really cool to play it

@AcaciusR 6 ай бұрын

Our chamber orch played it when i was in 6th. Now a new conductor and now we are playing grade 3. Old conductor would be so proud.

@uloveamiradoobeedoo 5 ай бұрын

I’m in beginning orchestra at my school and I play violin and we got the papers today. It’s so fun!

@DarkStorm0077 4 жыл бұрын

This is the first piece I ever played with an orchestra, that was about eight years ago now. I just thought of it randomly and showed up here.

@puglifecr9884 2 жыл бұрын

Playing this piece in my orchestra class, love it!

@NumorousPhases 6 ай бұрын

I’m playing this this year in the spring! It’s such a nice song

@passblob 7 ай бұрын

remember playing this for beginning orchestra, very fun. am now in the advanced orchestra, five years later 👍

@parker_isnothere3839 2 жыл бұрын

I’m so excited on playing this for my spring concert! IT SOUNDS AMAZING! I SWEAR!

@mikayla646 10 ай бұрын

I PLAYED THIS IN MY 3RD GRADE VIOLIN CONCERT

@ChezyFNAFPotaters 2 ай бұрын

We played this in sixth grade and this is so nostalgic! I can imagine myself playing the cello part again 😭

@Maxxx_Power 9 ай бұрын

I can’t believe that nearly 16 years after I first learned this in elementary school orchestra, I still remember the tune and the name just popped into my head. I wish my teacher had been nicer to us in middle school. I might still be playing.

@londonshroyer4807 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this piece in 5th grade and still love it to this day. 😍 Bout to be a theme song for my DND character.

@MiguelReyes16749 Жыл бұрын

Omg I Remembered Playing This Song For The Spring Concert At My School! Me And My Classmates Wanted To Play This Song Every Day In Class Bc Everyone Loved It So Much! 🥺😭✨🙏🏼💖❤️

@RandyLeeSnyderJr 4 жыл бұрын

I remember playing this when I was about 14 or 15 in the middle school, 8th grade. I was upright bass. Fast forward 10 years, I am gonna be 25 and I miss playing an upright so much.

@renkays0012 2 жыл бұрын

@watchthewoods1201 Жыл бұрын

I played this last year in orchestra and we have to play it again this year, I love this song, cellos been fun

@sophiaflores8097 4 жыл бұрын

I remember playing this song in 6th grade Ahhhhh 😍

@Mizu1162 2 ай бұрын

This was are pop concert song and it was so fun to play and will always be apart of my orchestra journeys

@potatodog3363 4 жыл бұрын

It sounds cool w/ Playback 1.25

@Sunblade02 2 ай бұрын

I'm gonna be playing this song for my spring concert, I'm playing the cello, I am in fifth grade, and I can say, as a beginner cellist, this song is soothing to the ears 😊

@Wolfie_studios 10 ай бұрын

Me suffering in class trying to play this: 😭 My friend: ✨

@sledgehammer_floatzel 8 ай бұрын

i feel ya, im one of only 5 cellos at my school so im strugglin 😭

@nontoxicchaseelliottfan9 5 ай бұрын

@@sledgehammer_floatzel At least I have more cello players and I feel bad for you.

@sledgehammer_floatzel 5 ай бұрын

@SSSB365 The other cellists at my school dont even like me cause they think I "dont play" (i literally do more than them, theyre so cocky though) and most of the time, im with the group that doesn't even have a cello other than me so i'm just abt fightin fo my life haha :,D. hinestly in my experience its easier being the only cello plus the instructor on cello too

@nontoxicchaseelliottfan9 5 ай бұрын

@@sledgehammer_floatzel wow

@Hope2real 3 ай бұрын

@@sledgehammer_floatzel There's only 3 cellos in my class

@nattiye 2 жыл бұрын

we played this today for our final concert of the year! it was so fun compared to the first piece we had, it 100% has its own place in my heart!!

@n0t_n0rahh 2 ай бұрын

I have played this all 3 years in middle school and i am going to miss this and Mr butts( yes that’s really his name) so much

@scribblelid2589 3 жыл бұрын

i see everyone talking about playing this in 6th or 5th grade but i only found it because a friend who was in orchestra recommended it to me a few years ago

@GreenBoi429 6 ай бұрын

playing Dragonhunter, Perpetual motion, The polka dot polka and Fiddles on fire for my winter concert it sounds awesome!

@holysoap2099 4 жыл бұрын

Playing this in my orchestra!

@flamestriker9062 3 жыл бұрын

Lol I did this for 6th and 7th grade because my orchestra class loved it. I've played it and listened to it so many times I have it memorized.

@innabaron4448 2 ай бұрын

I’m playing this in orchestra. It’s really good!!

@innabaron4448 2 ай бұрын

I played this on violin

@Alohaxkai2 2 ай бұрын

I’m playing this for my orchestra concert tomorrow!!

@ashlight. Жыл бұрын

We played this in 6th, one of the best pieces ever made

@nateford2086 Жыл бұрын

same

@juniperflutegacha7496 5 ай бұрын

We are currently played this and the Dragon Slayer. It’s one of our first pieces out of the book ( 6th grade ) I love the melody.

@R.e.m.761 6 ай бұрын

We are playing this song right now!

@DarkFox680 Жыл бұрын

We're playing it this year as one of our 4songs for our concert

@itmealex9605 4 жыл бұрын

Im 7th grade an am playing this in orchestra, thanks

@sku11vrr 2 жыл бұрын

I love this song so much I played this for a concert at Six flags it’s such a fun song tbh

@allison_533 4 жыл бұрын

i'm in 5th grade and I have to play this piece it's really nice i learned how to play the beginning do far

@dumbhoe9584 3 жыл бұрын

I remember thinking the the plucking bit was such a banger (still is) BUT THEN MY TEACHER CUT IT OUT AT THE CONCERT still angry about that till this day

@khi- 2 жыл бұрын

how do you just cut out the best part of the song!? We played this last year (7th grade) in orchestra and we loved that part

@mememikasa9092 2 жыл бұрын

@@khi- for us, no one had mastered it or even bothered trying when we rehearsed it. So the teacher cut it out. It annoyed me cause I memorized the whole thing and was first chair

@khi- 2 жыл бұрын

@@mememikasa9092 oh that would make me so mad

@Fortnitez-jw7or 6 ай бұрын

As a fact my class is learning this and im so excited I have learn the first 3 measures 😊

@bashirade-jamiu 3 ай бұрын

I remember playing this in 6th grade orchestra

@hz1929 8 ай бұрын

A CELLOS FAVOURITE SONG. ORCHESTRA ISNT ORCHESTRA WITHOUT DRAGONHUNTER.

@Luvley_Allie 4 ай бұрын

rightt!!

@AWESOMEISVERYCOOL2143 7 ай бұрын

i played this in my winter concert, absolutely love that song. im a viola player lol

@zoeanthos2237 5 жыл бұрын

please do conquistador by Deborah Baker Monday

@dylangames1220 3 жыл бұрын

I played this in 7 th grade and I was cello part it was the best

@Rose_anime123 Жыл бұрын

I'm doing this piece for my consert

@zippr1608 4 жыл бұрын

I played this back in third/fourth grade (I forgot lmao). This was my favorite piece I played as first violin

@renkays0012 2 жыл бұрын

In our school we start in fifth grade, and don't get a chance to learn an instrument until then (when starting the school) ur so lucky, lol... We're learning this in seventh grade

@user-rg7zu5hm1z 3 ай бұрын

I am going to be playing this in my six grade class

@thecrystalwarriors9185 4 жыл бұрын

I remember playing this in 6th grade

@azrielpacheco6191 2 жыл бұрын

I'm playing this piece rn for my last concert and as one of the best cellos in my group I am struggling 🤪

@_Shining_Star_13_ 8 ай бұрын

You aren’t in orchestra if you haven’t played this piece before

@Luvley_Allie 4 ай бұрын

reall

@Stu_id 2 ай бұрын

you play it in 6th

@TejChittivelu 2 ай бұрын

@LivingThing28 4 жыл бұрын

Iconic

@MythGira 6 ай бұрын

This song hits hard tho

@felixk951 3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ AAAAAAAA I can’t express how much I love this!!!

@eunchaesbangs 10 ай бұрын

im seeing so many people saying they did this in like 6th grade and I'm in 8th grade and doing it, but I guess its a lil different since my district started orchestra in 7th grade

@sledgehammer_floatzel 8 ай бұрын

me too dawg 😭

@whitethecolor369 Жыл бұрын

Dude… Now I need to play this for my fall concert… it’ll be real hard tho since i’m going into 8th grade😭

@gelberfamily7241 Жыл бұрын

1:45 - 2:48 is the best part

@Jacksonsells 2 ай бұрын

I played this as viola and it’s very fun same w night shift gargoyles and Irish farewell uhhh oh riverwind and wildfire and a few more

@appletheinklingyt1156 4 ай бұрын

God I remember playing this in 6th grade

@Wowserscannot 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@jessicali215 4 жыл бұрын

love

@keerthigampa 2 ай бұрын

Same we also play this

@alyssaarnold4762 10 ай бұрын

We played this song today

@rulaibrahim5205 3 ай бұрын

Imagine this song with a choir

@walsheee93 2 жыл бұрын

i remember playing this in 5th grade.

@selectbusservice6256 4 ай бұрын

I’m in 10th Grade Right now, and we practicing to play this piece. And in May we will have concert about this piece. And of course I will play random notes 😔😔😔.

@Underloafed_Slapper 4 ай бұрын

Tenth? Damn unc

@selectbusservice6256 4 ай бұрын

@@Underloafed_Slapperyup

@selomeawlachew8409 4 жыл бұрын

IKR

@zaraI300 2 жыл бұрын

Im playing this as a 2nd violin in my orchestra

@IssacsBetter 3 жыл бұрын

This is a richard meyer classic

@herissmon9878 2 жыл бұрын

gforce better

@IssacsBetter 2 жыл бұрын

@@herissmon9878 what

@zerir.3726 2 жыл бұрын

all hail richard meyer our lord

@NotHanjiYT 3 жыл бұрын

I played this in 7th grade :D (I'm in 9th grade now :3)

@mikaylaj20 Ай бұрын

“this game is so hard i have to hunt the dragon” “dragon hunter?” “what?” *🎶🎶*

@theintensevoiceofanna 9 ай бұрын

i cant read music at all (i know it's really bad but i just play by ear) and i literally forgot about the coda. i was practicing without the coda for like three days.

@kazakhstanenjoyer8487 Жыл бұрын

@thejennagames8843 3 жыл бұрын

Played this in 5th grade, it was a fun piece to play and i enjoyed it. but uh the other students? yeah..

@KodinCrossfire 3 ай бұрын

Anyone have the sheet music for this???

@lixie_stayy 2 ай бұрын

me but violin 1

@DragonGod6643 2 ай бұрын

This is fun to play, although I think the tempo my concert I played in was faster because this seems slower

@nateford2086 Жыл бұрын

where are my cello brothers and sisters who played this

@sledgehammer_floatzel 8 ай бұрын

wsg shawty 🔥

@minefan7 3 ай бұрын

This is actually kind of harmonically confusing to analyze (which is not necessarily a bad thing). The key signature says D major/B minor, and I assume it's D major for most of the piece except it transposes to B minor for a section, and meanwhile the actual main melody seems like it's actually in E minor! Literal Incantations was easier to analyze than this (still not a bad thing)