SaxDon
Member
Hi guys - first post so please let me know if this is the wrong forum.
I've never really paid too much attention to ligatures in the past but that has now changed and I thought I would share my experience. I was surprised.
I've played on standard ligatures and occasionally dabbled with Rovners and the Rico H but never noticed a discernible difference. However, I recently bought the Vandoren Optimum lig (get with the programme, I know!) on a whim for my Jody Jazz HR alto and boy what a difference it made. "Duff" reeds were suddenly playable and the contact plates (of which there are 3) varied the sound. More importantly for me though is that various techniques ranging from basic tonguing (staccato/double etc.) through to altissimo were far easier to play regardless.
I can't believe how much of a liberating experience this has been. I don't work for Vandoren by the way!!
Thought I would share this with others who have not bothered with ligs for whatever reason and also wondered what others' experiences were?
Cheers
I've never really paid too much attention to ligatures in the past but that has now changed and I thought I would share my experience. I was surprised.
I've played on standard ligatures and occasionally dabbled with Rovners and the Rico H but never noticed a discernible difference. However, I recently bought the Vandoren Optimum lig (get with the programme, I know!) on a whim for my Jody Jazz HR alto and boy what a difference it made. "Duff" reeds were suddenly playable and the contact plates (of which there are 3) varied the sound. More importantly for me though is that various techniques ranging from basic tonguing (staccato/double etc.) through to altissimo were far easier to play regardless.
I can't believe how much of a liberating experience this has been. I don't work for Vandoren by the way!!
Thought I would share this with others who have not bothered with ligs for whatever reason and also wondered what others' experiences were?
Cheers