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 Re: article about string ligatures in Jounal
Author: Roger Aldridge 
Date:   2009-10-06 13:43

I'm often reminded of the many variables involved in producing a quality sound on an instrument.

Whenever discussions like this take place among musicians the discussion offen ends in "whatever works for you". It's true! There is no "best" mouthpiece, reed, ligature, or instrument. Clearly, the biggest factor is the musician himself or herself. After that, in my opinion, is how the individual pieces of our equipment are matched to create a whole that fits our tonal conception and how we work with the instrument.

For example, I cannot explain why Rovner ligatures work so well for Ed (and others who use them) whereas it has been my experience that Rovner -- every model I've tried -- dampens my sound. Clearly, Ed is a superb musician and knows his stuff. I also find it curious how the Optimum ligature works so beautifully for me on bass clarinet & saxophones however my experience with it on Bb clarinet is not positive. Conversely, while I get excellent results with Klassik on Bb clarinet I found that it's not as resonant on saxophone.

I've come to the conclusion that personal trial & error is a good way to go in order to experiment with a selection of equipment and after a deduction process find those pieces that are a good match for one another and for us as individual players. Then, it doesn't matter what we use versus others.

Roger
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