clarivid no. 71 ligature lunacy

discussion on the minimal requirements for a fine clarinet ligature

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Film & Animation

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• ridenour
• ridenour clarinet
• clarinet ligatures
• clarinet pedagogy

[Blizzard4242]

Hey Tom, I'm currently using the GF-System ligature for many years and I'm quite happy with it, what do you think of it? Does it suit all of your criteria? Do you think the Rovner one is still better?

[billyboy647]

@Blizzard4242 I don't know the ligature. I laid out the criteria not as a standard for pleasing me but as a reasonable standard that I think all ligatures should meet--the rest is for you to consider.

[billyboy647]

The one thing that did not come off was the text for the first King Kong still. He is saying "Hey, baby, that's a pretty hot looking durable ligature you've got there."

There goes my academy award for special effects. Dang!

[billyboy647]

Piotr:

The cap is made for manufacturing ease, not for users--like many, many products. In singling out the Rovner I was trying to point to a product that meets all practical criteria while providing the subjective qualities of darkness and tonal warmth most classical players find appealing. These basic, quantifiable criteria are, obviously, not the sole deciding factors. I believe, however, they should always be considered in any potential purchase. Excellent comments. Thanks!

[zhouluyi]

Excelent video!

Here in Brazil is hard to find a Rovner ligature, but I did found a similar model made here that uses synthetic leather and has a metal plate that touchs the reed (it looks like the leather Vandoren model that has similar plates). Since I don't have a Rovner to compare, Do you have any insights on how that plate changes the sound?? I does seen to have lots of projection and it sounds clearer that a traditional metal ligature.

[Titanandenceladus]

I like the luyben ligature. It doesn't make the tone brighter or darker, it's neutral.

[ArtemisApollo26]

I'm going to buy the rovner dark in two weeks! Because my mom has my money right now.

[vellomaster]

what kind of rovner ligature you recomend? ther are platinum, lether...

And if you can, say model?

[AnnMattGallego]

thank you so much

[skeller047]

Hi Tom. I trained as a clarinetist many epochs ago, but soon started concentrating on sax.  There are a couple things about the Rovner ligs that make them unusable for most sax players, IMO. First, they DON'T hold the reed on well enough to take the mouthpiece on and off. Second, the one-screw design is wrong for sax, the Rovners actually allow the reed to leak at the window. (This is what makes them dark sounding.) I guess they work better for clarinet? But I'll stick with my Bonade.

[MyCatSaraphina]

my name is Mary Ridenour and I'm his daughter

[klarinetta]

Sorry Tom but you forgot the most important thing about ligatures and that is that it should be test last on one's setup and should encourage(my English is not perfect) the quality of a good mouthpiece. A bad ligature can make a great mouthpiece to be not so great.