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Obviously, if you look at the picture\u00a0 you can tell that I have either fallen for the hype or I believe there\u00a0 are difference that can be perceived when using different ligatures.\u00a0 For the photo, I rounded up all my tenor,alto and clarinet ligatures ( I forgot to include my soprano saxophone ligatures).\u00a0 In total I have about 46 ligatures for those instruments.\u00a0 It made me a bit sick to do it, but I calculated a quick estimate of what these have cost me over the years.\u00a0 Are you ready………..1750.00\u00a0 (Excuse me a moment while I cry………….although this is nothing compared to how much I’ve spent on reeds in the last 30 years!). \u00a0 Obviously, that is a lot of money!\u00a0 Do ligatures make a difference?\u00a0 Well, even if they don’t, I have to believe they do just to justify my money spent and not feel like a total fool.<\/p>\n
You might think it is hogwash but I do feel and notice a difference in the way different ligatures allow the reed to vibrate. \u00a0Some of these differences can be perceived by the listener and some of them can only be felt by the player himself. \u00a0I have played ligatures that have made the tone darker, brighter, richer, hollower, more focused, more spread, constrained, brittle, buttery, louder and softer. \u00a0Now some of these words are thoughts that only I have had and could perceive. \u00a0Others are thoughts and words that others have heard when I played a certain ligature. \u00a0The end result for me is that I do feel the ligature makes a difference. \u00a0At times it might be subtle and \u00a0not heard by the listener but if it is felt or heard by the player then it can make a big difference in how that player hears \u00a0their sound and how they perform.<\/p>\n
Now I can go into an analysis of what each ligature does and how it changes the response or sound (I will probably do this in the future) but in the end all these descriptions are totally subjective. \u00a0You have to play each ligature yourself and judge for yourself. \u00a0It is much like my mouthpiece reviews and clips. \u00a0I can give my opinion and view on a given mouthpiece but in the end you have to play it for yourself and form your own opinion.<\/p>\n
Anyways, \u00a0let’s put this to a vote!<\/p>\n
Does a ligature make a difference? (Poll Results) Total Voters: 260<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A saxophone ligature is a device that holds the reed against the table (flat part) of the mouthpiece.\u00a0 Most people wouldn’t think this is that big of a deal, I mean how hard is it to use something to make the reed stay against the mouthpiece?\u00a0 You could use a rubber band if push came […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":14480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[315,314],"class_list":{"0":"post-1296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-saxophone-stuff","8":"tag-mouthpiece-ligature","9":"tag-saxophone-ligature","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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