Dave Smith wrote:
>Then there are the brass
> instruments where you use your lips and blowing the three basic notes
> and having to press combinations of valves.

LOL. The three basic notes of a brass instrument? Which ones are they?
I played cornet for many years and in high school bands. I can read and
play sheet music with that but not with piano that I also know somewhat.

Got even better with guitar but that was self taught. With guitar, I can
play what I want to play but not with sheet music.