The song was originally titled âWishing Stoneâ and began life on a rainy Tuesday night at Rockfield Studios in Wales. Noel had planned to sing the track himself, but eventually gave it to Liam, whose vocals on the track producer Owen Morris hailed as ârasping blues, like heâs smoked 100 cigarettes.â.
Basso continuo refers to a continuous bass line with improvised harmonies in Baroque period music. The term can also refer to the instruments that play the bass line and harmonies. Basso continuo performers play, or realize, a variety of abbreviated music notation symbols called figured bass.
Monody and the advent of the basso continuo. In previous musical eras, a piece of music tended to consist of a single melody, perhaps with an improvised accompaniment, or several melodies played simultaneously. Not until the baroque period did the concept of âmelodyâ and âharmonyâ truly begin to be articulated.