Tony Osborne: Basses Four Book 3 for double bass quartet

About the Book Basses Four Book 3 brings together three fun and vibrant pieces which are aimed at the intermediate quartet. They are colourful and inventive, offering musical and technical challenges in equal measure, and written in engaging and appealing styles which is typical of Tony Osborne’s upbeat and adventurous musical language. Table of Contents 1. On the Edge is lively and rhythmic, typical of Tony Osborne's jazzy and accessible music. Ideal for the good intermediate quartet, there are effective musical and rhythmical challenges for each player and the addition of percussive effects gives another dimension to the jazz-infused style. Bass 1 plays in thumb position with Bass 2 venturing into low thumb position, but everything is playable and the quartet has been successful and popular in performance. On the Edge was written for David Heyes and the double bass students at Wells Cathedral School (Wells, Somerset), where it was premiered on 27 February 2005. “On the Edge was compo