| Name and Country |
Can different notes be played on the didj? |
Please explain why different notes can or cannot be played on the didj. |
| Al from Taiwan |
??? |
I don't know |
| Alan from USA |
Yes |
You blow in different ways to create different sounds and tones. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
By the tapping of the side. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
Because you can increase pressure or change mouth configuration |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Pitches can be "bent" and overtones stressed. Perhaps the word "pitch" is better than "note" for this query... |
| Andrew Stibal from USA |
??? |
I think the length will provide different notes due to longer or shorter vibrations yo |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Via different breathing patterns different notes can be played. |
| Anonymous from Australia |
Yes |
With the mouth |
| Charles Buzbee from USA |
??? |
Don't know |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Player can change frequency |
| Christopher from Australia |
Yes |
Different notes can be played by varying the air pressure inside the didj by oscillating the vocal tract and by tightening the lips and repositioning the tongue. |
| Conor Jones from USA |
Yes |
There is the fundamental pitch that the didj can play then there are a series of "toots " or tones above the fundamental that can be reached with grater airspeed and a tighter embouchure. There is even sometimes the option of playing one octave below the fundamental pitch using a specific technique. we may also vocalize while playing giving the illusion of polyphony. However multiple notes sounding at once is only possible via singing while playing didge multiple notes on their own on the didge aren't possible. |
| Daniel from USA |
??? |
Different sizes makes different sounds |
| Daran Wallman from Canada |
Yes |
Different lengths and dimensions. |
| Erik from USA |
No |
This is a trick question in my honest opinion. The Pitch can be altered and as such theoretically could be construed as different notes; however didjes play in a particular base key and only shift slightly; so for a more conventional definition of "note" no. |
| Gary from Canada |
Yes |
The hoot note may bee different |
| Janice from USA |
??? |
I would think you could but really have never played one before - I would think different positions would be different notes |
| Jeff from USA |
Yes |
Tight lip v. loose |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
I would assume tonguing the instrument produces different notes but you said not to research it so I'm taking a wild guess here:) |
| Joe from USA |
Yes |
As a former trombone player I believe different notes can be played by changing the embouchure (sp?) of one's mouth. Perhaps also the control of breath has something to do with it similar to a recorder. |
| Anonymous |
??? |
I am a total novice. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Basic pitch plus hoot tone and the basic pitch can be fudged up and down a bit. You can sing any note you are able to produce through the instrument |
| Anonymous from Canada |
Yes |
I'm not sure how but Xavier Rudd sure can. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Electronic didges |
| Anonymous |
??? |
Don't know |
| Matt from USA |
Yes |
You can change the tone with your tongue throat and stomach |
| Michelle from USA |
??? |
I'm not sure but if they can I would assume that it has to do with breath control. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
A didj player can produce the drone note and toot the harmonic series of the didj. Also variations in chops and mouth placement can bend pitches as much as a half step up or down. |
| Paul from USA |
No |
Only one note can be played on each didj however the full scale of that note can usually be played. (Such as C flat - C Sharp) |
| Richard from USA |
Yes |
The person blowing has control of the sound made.. |
| Scott Estrich from Australia |
No |
Each didj has its own individual characteristics based on the size length and shape of the instrument that cannot be played differently. |
| Anonymous from Australia |
No |
I would assume one note because there is only a single column air to work with. |
| Anonymous |
No |
The different notes can be played not I the same Didj but each Didj can have a different note. Why the sky is blue? Why the stars shine in the night? Why the Light is in the heart of man? The note depends on the diameter and the length of the didge and the relationship between the two. |
| Steve from USA |
Yes |
I'm not sure but listening to the MP3s I can hear different notes over the background note |
| Taylor from USA |
Yes |
My understanding is that each didge can be tuned to a specific key but that depending on the speed of the air you're blowing in you can bend the note either up or down... I'm not sure how much though. I would guess it couldn't be more than a whole step |
| Tish Peterson from USA |
??? |
Each didj is made with a note and you can play different depths to each but not a different note? |
| Tomasz from Poland |
Yes |
Of course depending on how tight are your lips you can make a lower or higher drone lower and higher trumpets and of course there is also using your voice. |
