Didgeridoo
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Didgeridoo
My parents just got back from New Zealand and Australia and they brought be back a didgeridoo.
Does anyone know how to play these instruments?
I am able to get the basic drone noise out of it, but I am unable to make any vocals come out. The only ones I have tried are the Owl and Kookaburra sound and am unsucessful.
Does anyone know how?
Does anyone know how to play these instruments?
I am able to get the basic drone noise out of it, but I am unable to make any vocals come out. The only ones I have tried are the Owl and Kookaburra sound and am unsucessful.
Does anyone know how?
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i wish i knew!!! my aussie friend has one, but he is away for a walk-about at this time down in south america, it does have a strange sound to it though. i can't wait for my vacation down there, will be picking myself up a few souvineers also, including one of those.
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I think you first need to know how to be able to breathe out of your mouth and in through your nose simultaneously, this way you can hold the notes for much longer. I think everything else was just a matter of breath control and muscle movements, like in your throat and mouth. Just play around with it and do all kinds of different things...not too many people know how to play or even what a didgereedoo sounds like, so anything you try will sound cool to anyone else.
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Originally Posted by jdmorg
I think you first need to know how to be able to breathe out of your mouth and in through your nose simultaneously
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This is an Australian busker, playing a didgeridoo.
I guess the FTE advertising intercepts don't allow those links anymore.... here's the link: http://members.shaw.ca/dvdguy/busker.wmv
I guess the FTE advertising intercepts don't allow those links anymore.... here's the link: http://members.shaw.ca/dvdguy/busker.wmv
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Excerpt from Rolf Harris' - Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport 1963
Play your didgeridoo, Blue
Play your didgeridoo
Ah, like, keep playin til I shoot thru, Blue
Play your didgeridoo
Altogether now!
(CHORUS)
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Tan me hide when Im dead, Fred
Tan me hide when Im dead
So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde
And thats it hangin on the shed!!
Altogether now!
(CHORUS)
Play your didgeridoo, Blue
Play your didgeridoo
Ah, like, keep playin til I shoot thru, Blue
Play your didgeridoo
Altogether now!
(CHORUS)
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Tan me hide when Im dead, Fred
Tan me hide when Im dead
So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde
And thats it hangin on the shed!!
Altogether now!
(CHORUS)
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If these are what I think they are, they look sort of like a log...
There is a live Yanni concert tour on DVD called "Tribute" where a Didgeridoo is played in the final piece on it. I was amazed.
-Talk about musical diversity in a band...
There is a live Yanni concert tour on DVD called "Tribute" where a Didgeridoo is played in the final piece on it. I was amazed.
-Talk about musical diversity in a band...
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And now for your resident Aussie 
To play a didge you need to learn circular breathing, but it isn't essential if you want to play in short bursts while you are learning.
What you do, is blow down the didge and allow your lips to vibrate, this will resonate up and down the tube creating the droning noise you are familiar with.
You need to be relaxed - you concentrate too hard, and your lips freeze up.
Now, once you have got that bit, start with "loose lips" and gradually tighten them - this creates the pitch change.
Once you have got that, give us a yell and I will tell you how to circular breathe
To play a didge you need to learn circular breathing, but it isn't essential if you want to play in short bursts while you are learning.
What you do, is blow down the didge and allow your lips to vibrate, this will resonate up and down the tube creating the droning noise you are familiar with.
You need to be relaxed - you concentrate too hard, and your lips freeze up.
Now, once you have got that bit, start with "loose lips" and gradually tighten them - this creates the pitch change.
Once you have got that, give us a yell and I will tell you how to circular breathe
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Originally Posted by BigF350
And now for your resident Aussie
Once you have got that, give us a yell and I will tell you how to circular breathe
Once you have got that, give us a yell and I will tell you how to circular breathe
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Basically, you will use your mouth as a chamber to store air instead of it being supplied directly by your lungs. Since your mouth is sealed off from your lungs, now you can inhale through your nose, while still allowing air to come out of your mouth. The only way to get good is to practice, even then, it took me a while before I could do it without thinking about it.
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Originally Posted by furball69
This is an Australian busker, playing a didgeridoo.
I guess the FTE advertising intercepts don't allow those links anymore.... here's the link: http://members.shaw.ca/dvdguy/busker.wmv
I guess the FTE advertising intercepts don't allow those links anymore.... here's the link: http://members.shaw.ca/dvdguy/busker.wmv
