What is nasty is everything about a spit valve on a trombone. We didn't even have buckets... we just emptied that shit on the carpet. As I reminisce on that... the absurdity of the situation is sinking in.
It's to help develop your lungs. With the moderns sit-down lifestyle problems have risen where they weren't developing right due to lack of use.
Forcing you to use a wind instrument that requires you have a lot of held breath is the easiest way to counter the problems in a way no one really complains about.
Forcing you to use a wind instrument that requires you have a lot of held breath is the easiest way to counter the problems in a way no one really complains about.
Kids weren't breathing enough. That's why.