PeterthePapercomPoser Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago I've taken the Christmas Carol's "Angels we have heard on high" and "Gdy się Chrystus rodzi" (a Polish Christmas Carol which translates as "When Jesus is being born"). I wrote two variations on this Polish Carol last year and you can find them here to become more familiar (if you want): There was some confusion in that thread about which Carol I was actually working on (LoL) owing to the fact that both of these Carol's prominently feature the Latin lyrics "Gloria in excelsis Deo". But that was basically the inspiration for putting them together in this mash-up. I painstakingly entered multiple stanzas of the Polish, English and Latin lyrics into the pdf score with all the correct accent marks and whatnot so let me know if it's clear! Thanks for listening and comments, suggestions, critiques or just observations are always welcome! Merry Christmas and I hope you enjoy listening! ☃️ MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu A Christmas Mash-upC > next PDF A Christmas Mash-up Quote
chopin Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago Pretty awesome how you were able to seamlessly merge the themes together. Fun dissonance sprinkled in every so often, which could very well be hints of a Bad Santa making his way through town. Or perhaps the Grinch is waiting nearby to cause mayhem. But overall the themes are pleasant and you changed them up to incorporate your own voice. The ending is very pleasant and have fun harmonies. But I do hear a tiny bit of sharp dissonance hidden in the passage. It sounds like something didn't quite go as planned, but it was too subtle for Santa to notice. 1 Quote
PeterthePapercomPoser Posted 1 hour ago Author Posted 1 hour ago 2 minutes ago, chopin said: Fun dissonance sprinkled in every so often This is present because I tried to include the harmonic characteristics of both Carol's at once which didn't always result in nice consonances. Thank you for your review! 1 Quote
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