Best clarinet ligatures according to redditors
We found 13 Reddit comments discussing the best clarinet ligatures. We ranked the 8 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 13 Reddit comments discussing the best clarinet ligatures. We ranked the 8 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
In my case I have four:
I use the Bay most of all, followed by the Harrison. The Spriggs I love, but the size precludes most mouthpiece caps except those little tip-only ones, so I don't use it very often. The Luyben isn't my day-to-day anymore but it was all through college and I'm honestly not sure why I switched (and it's like $13!).
One thing they all have in common is they are all very light. I'm not a big fan of heavy leather like Rovner or heavier metal ones like the Vandoren Optimum. In my opinion, they tend to muffle the richness of sound, especially in the lower octave.
Did you know that if you have one of those leather ligatures with the one twisty tighteny thing, you can balance it on your stand or finger by that one tightener thingy and it’s a great way to scare directors, section leaders, techs, and generally anyone.
This style of ligature: https://www.amazon.com/Vandoren-LC21P-Ligature-Clarinet-Interchangeable/dp/B000EEJ3KK
Accidents can be the result of negligence. Your friend should offer to pay. In any case, you can't "make" someone pay unless you take legal action. But you can ask that they pay. However, the best selling Clarinet Ligature on Amazon is just $21.55. (unless you want the one that costs $210). How much is your friendship worth?
Son of a @@#$@@# I assumed the larger end of the ligature was down, and the smaller was up because of the taper. I just checked the product photo of my ligature, and it shows the larger end is UP. I've been playing it upside down. LOL. Boy do I feel like an idiot.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002F4YQY/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
However, I've flipped it around and I remembered why I didn't do it like this, it doesn't fit very well, the two metal pegs stick up (which they do in the stock photo too) I assumed it was wrong because it fits much closer to the shape of the mouth piece with the wider part of the ligature facing down the instrument instead of up towards the reed tip. https://imgur.com/a/Loco6
Welcome back to clarinet! In terms of clarinets, I really think you should just see what you can get for your budget and seriousness of returning to clarinet. You definitely don't need to drop $5k on a new Buffet if you're just looking at getting your toes wet again, so look on used sites for some clarinets.
As for reeds, since you haven't played in a while, the muscles that form your embouchure aren't as strong as they used to be, so start out with maybe a 2.5 Vandoren blue box reed , or 3 Vandoren V12 reed. Since you played for 8 years previously, I think you won't take long to get those muscles back up to strength so you can use stronger reeds that you likely were using. In my experience the V12s play a little softer compared to the blue box reeds, so it might be a good stiffness for you. If you're just looking into getting back into playing, check out the Yamaha 4C mouthpiece (I find that many students actually play pretty well with it) and maybe a simple ligature.
I'm always hesitant to give gear advice, so that's just my two cents. If anyone else has anything to add or change, please do!
Again, welcome back to clarinet!
Rovner light (L4, L5), vandoren optimum and reserve "H". I use this Rovner Accordion Accessory (L5) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000A82MCG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_V8U0DbY4JVA15 and have never had a problem
I have a Vandoren mouthpiece. I use this ligature https://www.amazon.com/Vandoren-LC51BP-Ligature-Plastic-Clarinet/dp/B005DOJS1U
I've been a huge fan of Rovners but thought the dark wasn't as nice for solo work. Might want to look at something like the Rovner C3RL Mark III Ligature for your price range. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000A87OJ2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_LKgSAbS1565CK
Yeah, I have a similar lig. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000EEJ3KK?cache=051a4fd01a52fc4844b5a2fb22c2afdb&pi=SY200_QL40&qid=1412947318&sr=8-3#ref=mp_s_a_1_3
My lig has interchangable plates, similar to the rovner.