[Instrumental Only] [64 BPM, 4/4, D major, approximately 56 bars] [Duet only: one fingerpicked steel-string acoustic guitar and one solo acoustic cello] [No piano, keyboards, synthesizers, percussion, voices or backing instruments] [Soft pp to p throughout; no crescendo, no strumming] [Keep acoustic guitar notes clear and separate, with minimal fret noise; preserve warm legato solo cello] [Intro: 8 bars, ppp] [Fingerpicked acoustic guitar alone, sparse open-string voicings, descending motif A4 F#4 E4 D4, Dmaj9 - Gmaj9; generous rests, natural decay] [Theme A: 16 bars, pp] [Dmaj9 - A/C# - Bm7(add11) - Gmaj9] [Cello enters with a low sustained note, then sings a warm lyrical melody. Guitar provides quiet isolated bass notes and gentle upper-string responses, leaving room around every cello phrase] [Theme B: 8 bars, p] [Em9 - Gmaj9 - D/F# - Asus4] [Cello rises gently through its middle register; guitar reduces to sparse two-note fingerpicked figures. Emotional lift only from melody and harmony; no increase in ensemble density] [Theme A Return: 16 bars, pp] [Dmaj9 - A/C# - Bm7(add11) - Gmaj9] [Cello recalls the four-note motif; guitar replies with the same contour on upper strings. Alternate phrases, then gradually reduce the guitar notes] [Coda: 8 bars, ppp] [Em9 - Gmaj9 - Dadd9/A - Dmaj9] [Cello holds a final tender D, then falls silent. Guitar softly plays the descending motif once more, leaving the final D chord to decay naturally] [End: natural silence, no additional instruments]
