3) As it is (virtualy) impossable to read them, while actualy playing,
what purpose, other than tableture, do the numbers serve?
They're a BIG help when you're starting out. For instance, I'm
playing a song from sheet and I need to hit the A, and I happen to
know it's on #6. I'm not sure I'm getting/hitting it. Cover up all
the other holes to check it out-- yup, there it is!
I don't know how ANYBODY could read music for diatonics,
but certainly for chromatics it'd be just like any other instrument.
Trombone has GOT to be the hardest instrument:
no keys, frets, or open strings for reference;
continuously sliding tone;
How they hell does ANYONE play that thing?
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