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Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures

Author: kdk ★2017 Date:   2011-06-08 17:12 Well, the thing is you needn't "hold all else constant." So the result ends up being the sum total of the player, the mouthpiece, the reed, the ligature and the instrument (you may want to consider the barrel separately as well), any one of which can be changed/adjusted,twiddled with to compensate for the combined qualities of the rest. If the ligature holds the reed in place, it's doing its job. Do I think the ligature affects the total result? Yes - at least to my own ears. But whatever affect it has - good or bad - can be neutralized - for good or ill - by slightly changing my mouth shape, adjusting my reeds slightly differently, choosing a different mouthpiece or barrel or some combination of those. Since the reed and ligature are the least expensive parts of the equipment chain, they tend to be the ones most easily fixated on, followed by the mouthpiece and barrel and ultimately the instrument itself. Then, of course, there is the part with the greatest effect of all, the one that sometimes gets lost in all the worrying about the others. Karl

Topics	Author	Date
The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	ThatPerfectReed	2011-06-08 15:14
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	weberfan	2011-06-08 16:19
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	kdk	2011-06-08 17:12
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	ThatPerfectReed	2011-06-08 18:03
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	kdk	2011-06-08 19:58
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	sfalexi	2011-06-08 20:07
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Buster	2011-06-08 20:15
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Ken Shaw	2011-06-08 21:55
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	ThatPerfectReed	2011-06-09 01:52
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	kdk	2011-06-08 22:19
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	sfalexi	2011-06-09 00:07
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	ThatPerfectReed	2011-06-09 02:09
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	salzo	2011-06-09 11:04
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	kdk	2011-06-09 11:25
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Mark Charette	2011-06-09 15:04
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Jimis4klar	2021-08-18 13:57
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	clariniano	2011-06-09 14:49
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	ThatPerfectReed	2011-06-09 15:48
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	kdk	2011-06-09 20:15
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Buster	2011-06-09 17:49
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Ed Palanker	2011-06-09 18:45
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	salzo	2011-06-09 18:53
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Buster	2011-06-09 18:56
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	fernie51296	2011-06-09 19:12
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	ThatPerfectReed	2011-06-09 21:40
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	fernie51296	2011-06-09 23:34
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Paul Miller	2011-06-10 04:52
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	super20dan	2021-08-18 15:22
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Paul Aviles	2021-08-18 20:01
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	kdk	2021-08-19 16:32
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	super20dan	2021-08-18 15:26
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	SunnyDaze	2021-08-18 16:00
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Tony F	2021-08-18 18:27
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	kdk	2021-08-18 19:00
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	SunnyDaze	2021-08-18 19:21
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Tony F	2021-08-19 13:21
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	SunnyDaze	2021-08-18 19:23
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Jimis4klar	2021-08-18 23:01
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	super20dan	2021-08-19 02:43
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Jimis4klar	2021-08-19 10:57
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	SunnyDaze	2021-08-19 13:39
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	Paul Aviles	2021-08-19 18:43
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	SunnyDaze	2021-08-20 10:22
Re: The Grip WE have on our ligatures  new	super20dan	2021-08-21 00:36

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