The biggest barrier to sight-reading on trombone is the slide. Unlike a trumpet player who can press a valve combination instantly, we have to physically travel distances.
. Unlike many other instruments, the trombone relies on slide positions rather than valves, meaning the player must develop a "relative sense of touch"—the ability to find positions instinctively based on the interval being read. Pitch Recognition jazz sight reading trombone
Lydian Detour Style: Medium-up swing (straight 8ths possible, but feel the implied triplet swing) Key: Ab Lydian (concert) → shifts to B mixolydian b9 (bar 6) Time: 4/4, with one 2/4 bar The biggest barrier to sight-reading on trombone is