The Windmills of Your Mind - Michel Legrand

[DanielVolovets]

Here is my latest arrangement, a solo guitar rendition of "The Windmills of Your Mind" by the great French composer Michel Legrand! Hope you enjoy it.

[jpbat]

Alors là, je m'incline.
Bien bas.

(d'abord, Michel Legrand. Ensuite, maîtrise du rubato. Et aussi, il y a du vibrato quand il faut)

Évidemment, l'arrangement est à la hauteur.

Aaah... Ça fait du bien.

Mériterait une prise de son plus sophistiquée, mais on s'en fout.

[JWU53]

Mind blown! Words fail me. A joy to listen to - an original and even profound statement. Favorited. Wish I could say it in French!

[Silly Moustache]

Fascinating. Beautifully done, thank you.

[rémy64]

C'est magistralement interprété, quelle finesse dans le jeu!! Magique

[lpa53]

Fantastic! And LeGrand was truly grand!

A question: Why do you capo this? Do you find the intonation better when capo'd? I find that to be the case on my classical.

[jpbat]

Je n'avais même pas remarqué le capo... Ah folles années de ma jeunesse.

The capo is an old 70's Dunlop model.
I even remember having replaced the broken nylon strap on one by a piece of leather. Must be buried somewhere in a drawer.

[lpa53]

Originally Posted by jpbat

Je n'avais même pas remarqué le capo... Ah folles années de ma jeunesse.

The capo is an old 70's Dunlop model.
I even remember having replaced the broken nylon strap on one by a piece of leather. Must be buried somewhere in a drawer.

I think I still have one lying around somewhere. I use a Shubb on my classical and while it's good, I still get buzzing on the bass strings. Maybe I'll hunt for the old one and give it a go.

[DanielVolovets]

Thank you all so much for the kind words, I so appreciate it!

Originally Posted by jpbat

Alors là, je m'incline.
Bien bas.

(d'abord, Michel Legrand. Ensuite, maîtrise du rubato. Et aussi, il y a du vibrato quand il faut)

Évidemment, l'arrangement est à la hauteur.

Aaah... Ça fait du bien.

Mériterait une prise de son plus sophistiquée, mais on s'en fout.

I am so sorry, I do not speak French, but via the translator -- thank you for your high assessment. What do you mean by more sophisticated recording?

Originally Posted by JWU53

Mind blown! Words fail me. A joy to listen to - an original and even profound statement. Favorited. Wish I could say it in French!

Wow, thank you! I really enjoyed creating this arrangement, particularly its contour, with an understated initial theme followed by increasing escalation until a somewhat sudden apex at around 2:57 where everything gets taken back down to the original feeling...

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

Fascinating. Beautifully done, thank you.

Thank you!

Originally Posted by rémy64

C'est magistralement interprété, quelle finesse dans le jeu!! Magique

Thank you so much!

Originally Posted by lpa53

Fantastic! And LeGrand was truly grand!

A question: Why do you capo this? Do you find the intonation better when capo'd? I find that to be the case on my classical.

He truly was! I used a capo actually because I was recently listening to the lovely version of this piece by Richard Galliano, Jan Lundgren, and Paolo Fresu, and their arrangement was in this key! I thought it suited the piece very well.