Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2016-05-18 01:05
clarnibass: I don't understand how a reed's tip opening on a mouthpiece is affected by a competent ligature (i.e. one that simply holds well and reliably.) As long as the lig is grabing the reed someplace where it sits on the mouthpiece table (as it should), and the reed is essentially flat (which I believe it should be made to be it's not) I can't see tip opening being affected.
Perhaps you want to share something I'm missing.
To those who feel ligatures matter (which I respect but am not a strong proponent of), how many believe (fair question, not sarcasm) they could pick out their lig among the others in their collection if they could not see or touch their ligatures while they played them? (In fairness David Blumberg (who I think could blindly find his lig) recently DID run the equivalent of a preliminary blind test with pro (for clarity: the opposite of "con," NOT short for "professional") the ligature matters results.)
How many choose a cheaper ligature in their arsenal of ligs, (some higher priced) as their favorite?
How many think, even pro ligature believers, that it's possible we tend to talk about and futz with them too much, relative to other clarinet topics, compared to their importance?
I should clarify that question. It doesn't imply desire that we should or shouldn't talk about something else, it simply asks why, for example, intensive etude study, an undisputed method of maximizing play tends to get less airtime than ligatures: an area where we hold different opinions on their utility.
And maybe it's just because talking gear is simply more fun.
Not judging, just trying to understand. And nobody said both can't be addressed concurrently.
I will say this, albeit tongue-in-cheek: I'd contemplate shooting any student (for his/her own good) who would futz with ligatures at the expense of time spent with the etude books.
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