The Ballads - Movement IV, Adagio molto - Nikita Koshkin (born 1956)
as recorded by Frank Koonce
transcribed by Jean-Baptiste Rege, june 2025 - see Notes below
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh7VQcMnrp8 - Norbert Neunzling

standard tuning - E A D G B e      time: 4/4      tempo: ~70bpm

Adagio molto

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 mp

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                         cresc - -

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 mf                      dim - - - - rit                 mp a tempo

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         cresc - - - - - - - - - - - - - mf                 cresc - -

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  f         dim & rit - - - - - - -  mp      dim - - p   a tempo

10                    1 4 2 4 0                          1 1 0 1 4 0
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      poco cresc

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  cresc - - -                        dim - - - -         cresc - - - -

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            rit                                   mf  expressivo  a tempo

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          rit - - -                   p  a tempo  dolce

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                    rit           meno mosso  p  dim          rit

                         13         14
28                       ah  rh     ah  rh  rh  rh  rh
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  rit molto morendo


Notes
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BAR 13 : for a great transition from D# to A, lift the chord to play the bass
again, slowly rotating your wrist while you sustain D# as much as you can before
playing the A. I'd even play it with the side of the finger to perform a fast
"quasi-slide" if you still hear the transistion.

BAR 21 : lift only the 1st phalanx of your index to keep the bass part ringing.