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Re: Ligatures affect tone--demonstration

Author: ErezK
Date: 2014-10-20 22:50

The scientific aspect falls in the realm of repeated objective observations under controlled conditions.
So if you have the player behind a curtain and a representative sample of listeners (representative of what I am not sure) that can consistently point out a ligature based on tone... well then... that would be something!
But who cares?

For me, the difference between ligatures is not so much about the (very) subtle difference they make to the listener's experience rather the not so subtle difference they can make in my playing experience - its all about me.

Some folks don't care that much about ligatures or are not as sensitive. Good for them as it is one less place to spend money. You get that sentiment a lot on the saxophone forums. But I am not that concerned with how those folks feel about their ligatures (because they don't care either), all I need to know that they are satisfied and I am happy for them - end of story. Some love the Bonade ligatures and some love even more to bring them as proof for why ligatures don't matter because if a Bonade was good enough for Stanley Drucker and so it should be good enough for everyone thank you very much.... but there is a logical fault there: I am not Stanley Drucker and Stanley Drucker is not me. And for me to stick with a Bonade until I am as good as him before I should consider trying out other ligatures... well... I thought about it ...

I didn't wait. I cheated. I tried different ligs. Turns out: I can tell the difference, in terms of my comfort level while playing. No one can objectively quantify it - no one should either. The only difference it would make to the listener is that if I am more comfortable with my equipment, it should be easier for me to produce better music, which increases the listener chances of getting a better show.

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