Author: Ryder
Date: 2008-06-23 23:09
Think of this like mouthpieces and their effect on your sound (and intonation although that has little meaning here). A ligature doesn't have as great an effect on your tone as a mouthpiece does, but it still has some (enough to talk about).
When it comes to different metals (ie. gold, silver, aluminium, nickel) I can't say. Different materials give you different tonal qualities. For example, metal usually has a brighter sound, while leather usually has a darker sound.
metal vs plastic, leather vs metal, etc...
If you've look at different ligatures, you'll see that they all seem to apply pressure to the reed in different places. Some say one way is better than the other, but it's mostly personal preference, in other words what works best for you.
To further perpetuate the confusion and frustration, there are also "hybrid ligatures" which are generally a leather ligature with a metal plate to hold the reed down, like the Vandoren leather (my ligature of choice), and the BG Revalation and Super Revalation. I beleive the Rovner Eddie Daniels is also a "hybrid" style. Although they won't save you gas, they attempt to give you benifits of both metal and leather.
That's just a basic overview of some of the opinions and ideas behind the ligature, and I'm sure as I type this someone else is typing you book's worth of reason and excuses to use this, or that, so I'll leave it to them for the rest.
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Ryder Naymik
San Antonio, Texas
"We pracice the way we want to perform, that way when we perform it's just like we practiced"
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