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Author: nes
Date: 2007-04-17 13:40
Hi I'm looking to buy a new ligature soon.
I have been through about 4 different kinds. A wide variety.
What ligatures are generally considered as being the best?
If you need mkore info; I'm looking for the best ligatures for tone, and articulation to be specific.
How about the Bonade ligature?
Thanks
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2007-04-17 13:55
My favorites are Oleg ligature (about $25 on eBay) and Vandoren Masters ligature (I think around $20 is most stores).
I tried a (new) Bonade and it scratched my mouthpiece more than anything and was almost impossible to put on the mouthpiece. I read on this forum about some modification for the Bonade but I don't want a ligature that needs modification when other ligatures don't. Later I tried a Bonade that worked fine and I felt nothing better than my regular ligature.
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Author: Sylvain
Date: 2007-04-17 14:23
I gravitate around 4 ligatures:
1- The Spriggs floating rail ligature
2- The Rovner dark
3- The Olegature
4- Vandoren Optimum (bonade plate)
I think my favorite is the floating rail.
-S
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Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>
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Author: Ed
Date: 2007-04-17 15:12
Spriggs has been my favorite recently as well. Plays great. Great response, works well, even across all registers. Outstanding product.
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2007-04-17 20:15
I'm not sure there is such a thing as "the best" when talking about ligatures. Some players wind string and they think that's the best, while others use expensive models like the above-mentioned Spriggs floating ligature and think those are "the best." I think it's a matter of trying and playing as many as possible and deciding for yourself.
I use a Pyne string ligature and occasionally alter it with a BG Super Revelation that I've used for about 10 years. I really like the Pyne because all I have to do is slip it on and go. It allows flexibility that the BG doesn't when I'm playing Klezmer. But for all time good orchestral sound you can't beat the BG.
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Author: ChrisArcand
Date: 2007-04-18 00:27
Go out and buy a $15 Bonade.
Then go to a flower store and buy a $3 roll of floral tape.
Put a small piece where the screws are. No more scratches, and a semi-"sticky" material which minimizes the tugging and falling off of the ligature.
Problem solved. Now go practice :-)
No, really, I would say that getting any one of these ligs is just fine, go try a few at a store/order a few from people and try them out - whichever one you find to be the best, buy it and then forget about it. Don't spend too much time worrying about your equipment - or, rather, as something as simple as a ligature.
Remember, the best ligature, according to some, is a shoestring or your thumb. (The trouble with the latter is that you kind of need the rest of the hand to play...or at least so some people tell me.)
CA
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Author: Detru Cofidin
Date: 2007-04-18 01:48
HaaaHaaa Chris - -
I do agree with Sir Sarcastism though. I wouldn't worry too much about the ligature. Get one that won't break easy ;-)
Otherwise, there are so many other factors involving embouchure and air support etc. that will have a much greater effect on your playing. Either way, trust your instincts.
Nicholas Arend
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-04-18 11:09
I must admit the bit of old rope I chopped off a bassoon sling seems to work wonders on my German mouthpiece, and although it's not as quick to bind the reed like the stock BG fabric lig that came with my Yamaha Oehler, the results are incredible.
So I ought to buy a few metres of black braided cord, not only as a ligature, but to repair the bassoon sling I chopped up.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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