Christmas Fragments.mp3
Hi All, first submission here albeit a unserious, light-hearted one (and a rushed one too).
I wrote three variations on Christmas carols and named them fragments cause I didn't have the time and motivation to apply the whole ideas onto the whole carols (plus that could get boring). Instead I composed part of it as an 'aha' moment while exploring how melodies fit so perfectly to existing melodies.
Christmas Couple - I have always unironically think joy to the world fits more to The Marriage of Figaro overture, so here it is.
Christmas Cadenza - Well self evident (?), the rhythm fits so well even though not the same key. Recording is by musescore so the trills are kinda noisy lol
Christmas Counterpoint - Basically a quodlibet, with bad counterpoint. I'm still learning counterpoint (especially tonal or more than two voices) so I put together melodies of carols / pop songs as many as I can (I counted 11) while maintaining some harmony and try not to violate basic counterpoint principles I've learnt (which I'm sure I violated a few). The result seems like a mess but hey at least I had a blast writing it.
Hope y'all will have a laugh!