Jovino Santos Neto has posted a marvelous collection of 41 pieces by his mentor Hermeto Pascoal in honor of Hermeto's 75th birthday, "75 anos de som".
http://www.jovisan.net/HP75.htm
Bless his heart, Jovino has included Bb and Eb transpositions. I have only scratched the surface, but the first thing that struck me was that all the pieces (including the transposed charts) have no key signature. This is difficult stuff any way you look at it, and I suspect it reads no easier however it is written. Scanning the chords there are few clues as to which is the tonic.
Has anyone worked with this material? Which pieces are the least challenging? Are there YouTubes to help out? I would love to find that it's not all way beyond me ...
John
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