La Mer

Recorded by people like Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra as "Beyond The Sea" - with words totally unrelated to the original French, this wonderful song by Charles Trenet and Albert Lasry was written in 1943 and published in 1945. There have been innumerable versions of this song but, for me, the original recording by Trenet has never been bettered.

I'm playing it here on tenor guitar with guitar chord backing. The tune is in F and modulates twice - the first time briefly into A and then, also as briefly into C before returning to F for the final chorus. I've played the whole tune through twice and have included the original introduction - played slightly off-beat for fun. In this video I'm concentrating very much on tone production with the tenor guitar, rather than any clever or not-so-clever improvisation.

http://www.mjra.net/WillFly/

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• Trenet
• Albert
• Lasry
• Beyond
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• Sea
• French
• chanson
• 1940s
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[MrNeuschwanstein]

Monsieur, c'est vraiment magnifique. Croyez moi.

[HenfieldWill]

@MrNeuschwanstein Merci mille fois! :-)

[DaFuente]

Beautiful beautiful stuff!

Also, I loved you as Bernard in LOST :)

[HenfieldWill]

@DaFuente Thanks. Never seen LOST, btw... :-)

[Stonborough]

How utterly lovely. I was mesmerised. Thank you.

I loved the look of pleasure on your face when you finished-me too!

Jane

[HenfieldWill]

Thanks for the kind words - it's hard to ruin such a beautiful tune! :-)

[TandtheDt]

Magnifique, sublime ! Un vrai plaisir pour les oreilles !

[leunamsiul1]

Bravo! Magnifico! I agree with one of the earlier comments - this should get more views. Love the music and the execution - it just get better and more beautiful as you listen to it. I see the passion in the facial expression. I find it enthralling as it gave flash backs of good ol' summer memories! Thank you for sharing. Hey ! I'll buy your CD if you have one!

[veganfishcake]

I like this a lot

[TheLaughingMask]

This is absolutely beautiful. Perfect soundtrack for finals.

[501375]

Maravilha cara! P a r a b e n s !!!

[TheDeadmanTT]

This should get more views!

It's great!