A musical instrument ligature using at least one stalk which act as the contact points between the ligature and the reed when it is clamped onto the mouthpiece of a wind instrument. The stalks are preferably positioned so as to be non-parallel to each other thereby effecting varying contact points between the ligature and the reed. The ligature is slid over the mouthpiece of an instrument and tightened as desired using a set of butterfly screws and nuts positioned at the ends of the metallic band forming the ligature.