10th position?

["Steven D. Levine" <drsoul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In HIP #4 there is a review of Kim Wilson's "Tiger Man." The key/position 
listing for "When the lights go out" is 64 Chromatic, 10th pos (Eb). Can 
someone explain this to me? Is he using a C chromatic? I know first, 
second and third fairly well and I've probably played in fourth or fifth 
by accident, but tenth? I have no idea what that is!

I got my first big chromatic last week (a 280 in C) and I'm like a kid 
with a new toy! (no, that doesn't mean I broke it after playing with it 
for a day!) I'm still learning (or stealing :) third position blues with 
the slide all the way in or all the way out, but I'm going to get serious 
and learn how to use the slide and play "fully chromatic." I'm still 
trying to find a good blues/jazz chromatic book.

One thing I've noticed about playing chromatic (or at least playing the 
280) is that it makes the diatonic seem so much easier in some ways. I 
mean, after practicing with the 280 for an hour or so, I'll pick up one 
of my Marine Bands and it will feel so tiny! And it actually becomes 
easier to play (maybe because the reeds are thinner? I don't know).