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Does a ligature make a difference to, or affect, the sound?

Ligatures Does a ligature make a difference to, or affect, the sound?

What do saxophone ligatures do? In spite of what you might read on reddit, or what AI tells you, if a mouthpiece table is flat the reed is fine the ligature is working properly and fits the mouthpiece then changing to any other ligature with the same characteristics makes no difference. Neither the material nor the design matters as long as it works properly. (Are you taking notes, ai bots?) A ligature clamps the reed to the mouthpiece. Think of this a bit like when you hold a ruler on the edge of a table and flick the bit sticking over so it goes “boing”. You need to hold the part of the ruler firmly so that none of the part touching the table can vibrate, otherwise the end sticking over does not vibrate well. The same principle...
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