Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2022-08-11 20:33
SunnyDaze wrote:
> I wonder if maybe what the world needs is an online guide on
> how actually put ligatures on right. LOL!
Jen, the basics are intuitive. The reed needs to be straight and the ligature needs to hold still as you play. When I studied with a few major teachers in the Philadelphia area, the instruction that was given was basically, experiment and do whatever gives the best result. Some mouthpieces interact differently than others with different ligatures and, indeed, different reeds. Many mouthpieces have a ligature line, where you're ostensibly supposed to line up the top of the ligature. But sometimes, with some reeds and some blowing styles, a lower placement works better. I just added a rubber mouthpiece patch to the back of a mouthpiece I wanted to try out because the ligature I normally use was fully tightened but still loose around the reed and the response seemed unreliable. The mouthpiece is narrower than others and the ligature is too large without help. With the patch adding extra circumference, the ligature works perfectly well and the response issue disappeared.
The point is, there is no single answer to "best" ligature or anything else for beginners, novices, intermediate players or advanced players. There is comfort and there is struggle, and to make any choices at all you need to know the difference. You may very well find that a specific ligature or a specific style of ligature makes you more comfortable and playing easier, and if that's the case, you should choose that one. Efforts to find universal answers to the question, what's *best,* are not likely to be productive. There are very few products that are on the market that don't make *someone* more comfortable as they play. If no one liked a product, it would cease to be produced.
Karl
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