Francis Bebey : Elegie : DOz

Francis Bebey

Les Productions D’Oz: 3 pages

This short but melodic piece of writing is by a man who I first discovered through the playing and recordings of John Williams, quite a considerable time ago. The two pages about his life and his guitar work makes for fascinating reading.

This little piece is in D Major with a dropped D 6^th and has a melody that returns a few times in the piece in slightly different guises as it progresses .It is generally in three voices, with the melody, the middle voice that is the accompaniment, (sometimes chords and other times arpeggio in style) with a gentle bass line below.

It is not too difficult, except for two quite tricky stretches, the first having a bass on fret 5 of the sixth string, a low G, with the top string on a D and a C# with your 4^th finger, and the second one having a low E, on fret 2 of the 6^th, whilst the top string is on a 7^th fret B, not too bad but still awkward given the constant flow of the music.

Yes, this is a nice piece of writing that many will enjoy

Chris Dumigan