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The veggies comment was very funny!
Well, I think it's a very personal thing, Jimi. Since I had all and I mean ALL my lessons at school on Bb and since so many of the solos I played coming up were on Bb it's been hard to give up. However, I notice that when I have something particularly difficult to play at work, warming up on th C helps keep that sound in my head and the feel of the horn at the ready.
There's just no beating the Bb for a big, sexy, lush sound to start off the day. Oops... is that too much information? Anyways, the Bb takes a bit more air than the C so it's sort of like lifting weights before lifting a lighter weight. The mouthpieces are the same in just about every respect, though, so, that doesn't change. Also, it's nice to growl on a low concert E and F before I get going.
I admit it: it's purely psychological! So, don't get caught up in my psychoses unless you really just enjoy playing the Bb.
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