The Milton Nascimento volume is widely considered his masterpiece, simply because Milton’s music is the hardest to transcribe. With its shifting time signatures, modulations, and "non-functional" harmonic progressions (influenced by jazz and the hills of Minas Gerais), capturing Milton on paper was a herculean feat.
The Milton Nascimento volume is widely considered his masterpiece, simply because Milton’s music is the hardest to transcribe. With its shifting time signatures, modulations, and "non-functional" harmonic progressions (influenced by jazz and the hills of Minas Gerais), capturing Milton on paper was a herculean feat.