Op 26, The Elves Suite - Movement I, Gavotta - Nikita Koshkin (born 1956) as recorded by Nikita Koshkin transcribed by Jordan Astridge, August 2004 - elcheimuse@hotmail.com updated by Jean-Baptiste Rege, March 2025 - see Notes & Legend below video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIzqst6Kvm0 - Marcos Ordonez This is the first part of Koshkin's "The Elves Suite". It's not supposed to tell a story, but the Suite expresses what Koshkin imagines of these little elves. This is a very mysterious and cheeky piece I think. standard tuning - E A D G B E time - 2/4 Allegretto grazioso (lively and gracefully) MODE: D Mixolydian (?) 1 |-----5p3-|-2---2-0---0-|---------0-2-|-3---3-0-----| |---------|---3---------|-3---2h3-----|---3-----0-1-| |-2S3-----|---2-----5---|---4---------|---3-----1---| |---------|-0-------5---|---0---------|-------------| |---------|-------3-----|-------------|-------1-----| |---------|-------------|-3-----------|-0-----------| mf cresc. 5 rit. a tempo > . > . |---0-----5p3-|-2---2-0---0-|-------------|---------| |-2-----------|---3---------|-3-----------|---------| |-2---2S3-----|---2-----5---|---3-----0-1-|-3---1---| |-------------|-0-------5---|---3-2h3-----|---3---0-| |-0-----------|-------3-----|-1-----------|-------1-| |-------------|-------------|-------------|---4-----| decrsc. cresc. mf cresc. f KEY: D Minor (?) 9 > rit. a tempo sfz sfz |---------------||---------------------|---------------------| |---------------||---------------------|---------------------| |-2-1-2-1-0-----||---------------------|---------------------| |-2---------3-2-||-----4p3h4p3h4p3h4p3-|-----6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5-| |-0-------------||-5-0-----------------|-5-0-----------------| |---------------||---------------------|---------------------| . . . . decresc. mp misterioso 12 sfz rit. /.\ . . > . . > . |---------------------|---------|-1---4---|-3p1-0-----| |---------------------|-----^2--|---3---3-|-------4---| |---------------------|-----^1--|---2---2-|-----0---5-| |-----3h4p3h4p3h4p3h4-|-----^0--|-0---3---|---------5-| |-5-0-----------------|-5-0-^1--|---------|-0-----3---| |---------------------|---------|---------|-----------| . . dim. . . \./ f marcato 16 . . > . . > > . . . . > . . . . |--------------|-----------|-----0-3-----|-----0-3-1-1-| |--4-------7---|-6-4-3-2---|-2h3-----1-1-|-2h3-----1-1-| |------5-----5-|---------3-|-2-------1-1-|-2-------0-0-| |--------0---5-|-----3---3-|---------0-0-|-------------| |--0-2-3---6---|-------1---|-0-----------|-0-------1-1-| |--------------|-3---------|---------1-1-|-------------| . . . . . . > > > > cresc. decresc. mp crsc. f mp crsc. f 20 rit. . . > . . > . |-------2---2-|-5-5---4--|-2h3-0-6---|-5-3-2-1---| |-4---4---2---|---5---4--|-----0---5-|---------1-| |---4---------|----------|-----0---4-|-----2---1-| |-------------|----------|-----------|-----------| |---3-----0---|-----0-2--|-----------|-2---------| |-------------|---3------|---0---3---|-------1---| sub. p cresc. f decresc. 24 . . > . > . . . C4 . . . |--1-------4---|-3-1-0-----|-----1-2-2-|-----4-5-5-| |------3-------|-------4---|-3h4---3-3-|-6h7---6-6-| |--------------|-----3---2-|-------2-2-|-------5-5-| |--0-2-3-0---3-|---------3-|-----------|-----------| |----------4---|-3---------|-2-----0-0-|-----------| |--------------|-------1---|-----------|-4-----3-3-| p crsc.> > > > 28 > . . . . > > > > > > |------0-2-3-5-|-5S6---0-5---|-5S6-3-^7---|-7S8-5-^-9---| |--2h3---------|-----6---5---|-----3-^7---|-----5-^-9---| |--2-----------|-----6---6---|-------^8---|-------^10---| |--------------|-------------|------------|-------------| |--------------|-------------|---0-0--0-0-|---0-0---0-0-| |--2-----------|-----4---5-5-|------------|-------------| f decresc. mf cresc. 32 >rit |-12-12-15-15--9-9-12-12-|--6--6-9-9-3-3-6-6S|S5---------5p3-|| |-12-----------9---------|--6--------3-------|---------------|| |-13----------10---------|--7--------4-------|-------2S3-----|| |------------------------|-------------------|---------------|| |--0---------------------|-------------------|---0====-------|| |------------------------|-------------------|---------------|| ff dim. mp G Major 35 a tempo rit. |-2---2-0---0-|---------0-2-|-3---3-0-----|---0-----5p3-| |---3-----1---|-3---2h3-----|---3-----0-1-|-2-----------| |---2-----0---|---4---------|---3-----1---|-2---2h3-----| |-0-----------|---0---------|-------------|-------------| |-------3-----|-------------|-------1-----|-0-----------| |-------------|-3-----------|-0-----------|-------------| cresc. decresc. 39 a tempo > > rit. dim. |-2---2-0---0-|-------------|---------|---------------| |---3-----1---|-3-----------|---------|---------------| |---2-----0---|---3-----0-1-|-3---1---|-2-1-2-1-0-----| |-0-----------|---3-2h4-----|---3---0-|-2---------3-2-| |-------3-----|-1-----------|-------1-|-0-------------| |-------------|-------------|---4-----|---------------| 43 Meno mosso rit. . . |-----------|---------[4]==|============|=====-----|| |-----------|-[6]-[3]------|------------|-2S3------|| |-----------|--------------|------1S2---|----------|| |-1---1S4---|--------------|------------|---0------|| |---1-------|--------------|--------0---|----------|| |-----------|--------------|------------|----------|| > > > > pp decresc. sub. f Notes & Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ original tab by Jordan Astridge, August 2004 - elcheimuse@hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ updated by Jean-Baptiste Rege, March 2025 - classtabrev@gmail.com> (checked against the Matanya Ophee sheet edition) bars 1,5,34 : slide up from A to Bb (3rd string) (not hammer-on) bar 11 : the trill is played on the 4th string (not the 3rd string) bar 17 : last interval is F-Bb (not F-B) bar 19 : the last two chords are Bb-G-C-F (not Bb-G-C#-F) bar 27 : play with a full barre on the 4th fret bar 29-31 : slide up the first two notes on the 1st string bar 43 : slide up the last two notes (from D# to F#) bar 44 : 1st harmonic played on the 2nd string with the 4th finger bar 45 : slide up from the G# to the A on the 3rd string bar 46 : slide up from the C# to the D on the 2nd string ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ = - note held > - accented note ^ - arpeggio /.\ - fermata h - hammer-on p - pull-off S - slide C4 - barre on the 4th fret <12> - natural harmonic on 12th fret [x] - artificial harmonic played one octave higher Tabbed especially for Weed's tab site. MIDI is available, but only to show timings of notes (not dynamics or tempo). If anyone can provide any recordings by Koshkin of any of the following, please e-mail me at elcheimuse@hotmail.com - Pan, Sonata, Merlin's Dream, Avalon [I have recordings of these but very Lo-Fi and Lo-Quality, and ANALOG] his rare "Flute and Guitar" duet piece [I especially want this one, I've never heard it!]