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.
Historical Examples. 1  The basso continuo had been in use for some time before this. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera William James Henderson. 2  Viadana is said to have been the first to use what is called a basso continuo, and even the figured bass. Critical & Historical Essays Edward MacDowell. âChiamata alla Cacciaâ55 in C major for four horns on a basso continuo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 Various.