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Re: JLV Ligature

Author: lydian
Date: 2023-07-19 19:51

"just because you don't hear it, that doesn't mean it isn't there". Great observation. As I said, feeling the vibrations is a huge part of how a musician connects with the instrument. It's the reason I don't use a mouthpiece patch. But those vibrations do not exist at the listener's ears. Doesn't matter if you hold it with mittens or a vice. The sound is coming out the end is identical.

The tip of the reed vibrates to create the sound, not the butt. The butt must be stationary, or the tip can't vibrate efficiently. When all that energy goes into inaudible butt vibrations (cue fart jokes), there's less energy for the audible tip vibrations.

Imagine a diving board. The business end is free to vibrate. The other end is anchored firmly to the ground. What happens if you loosen the support? It doesn't spring back with all the energy put into it. It just flops up and down a couple of times and stops. Now tighten them back up. The springiness returns, and all that potential energy becomes kinetic and launches the diver upward.

You're also wrong about metal clarinets. Adolphe Sax knew 200 years ago that material makes no difference. As counterintuitive as it might seem, that's the fact with woodwinds. Check out the concrete flute experiment. As long as you use a rigid material, it's the geometry that determines the sound.
https://www.theclarinet.net/History/metal-clarinet-test.html
Let me know how you did.

In any case, I can see I'm not going to convince you. So feel free to use a wet noodle for a ligature and let the reed roam free and float in mid air. Whatever floats your boat. I'll continue using ligatures that actually work. Since I keep getting gigs, I must be doing something right.

Post Edited (2023-07-19 21:51)

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