To illustrate further...

Once I provided some instruction to a member of the local symphony. A classically trained & degreed musician. A woodwind player.

After a few lessons, which were preceded by a number of hours self-teaching, he slammed down the practice chanter in utter frustration. In a raised voice he exclaimed, "This S of a B is hard as hell! Staff notation for bagpipes is nothing but a %&#@ing suggestion! I thought this was a folk instrument!"

That was the last occasion I saw him. He never even got to the actual pipes. And this was a real musician.

Slainte yall,
steve