Question:
Which way is the ligature supposed to be?

Should the screws be facing upwards like yours or down?

My band director said it should be down

– Mark Joel Orbon

 

My response:

On most ligatures the screws face downward. Some are designed for them to face upward, like the ones I have.

Those are called ‘inverted’ sometimes.

You don’t want to turn a ligature the opposite direction that it’s designed to go though.

-Neal