Name and Country |
What is the most common question people ask you about the didgeridoo? |
What do you answer? |
Anonymous |
Can you play it? |
No! |
Anonymous |
They ask how hard it is to circular-breathe, followed by "where do they come from?" |
For circular breathing I learned it initially on clarinet and converted it to brass and then didge. I find it useful to show them the technique up close. As to where they come from see below! |
Adriane from Australia |
How are they hollowed out? |
The authentic ones are hollowed by termites. |
Amy from USA |
What they are and how they are made |
Mother nature's voice and made by her to communicate with us..Then I go into the technical explanation if necessary |
Andre from Germany |
How do make the sounds |
Just vibrate your lips |
Andrea Valentini from Italy |
How do you play it? |
By circular breathing. |
Anonymous from USA |
Where does the didgeridoo come from? |
Australia |
Aury from Brazil |
É um instrumento maravilhoso, extremamente encantador e espiritualizado. |
È maravilhoso |
Baptiste from France |
Do you know how to play it? |
Yes kind of! |
Bart from USA |
How does it work? |
Demonstrate the vibrating lips. |
Anonymous from Australia |
How is it made |
Tree branch hollowed out by termites |
Anonymous from Australia |
How are they made and how do do circular breathing. |
Traditionally made from termite hollowed eucalypt. Hand gouged with hot coals. |
Brian from USA |
What the hell is that. |
It's a beautiful thing |
Chad from Canada |
How I got interested in playing them. |
Through my interest in aboriginal people and traditional ways of creating music. |
Anonymous |
Why are you playing didgeridoo? |
Try it! |
Chris Bittner from USA |
How does it make that noise? |
I blow thru it and the tree sings! |
Chris from USA |
What is this amazing thing? |
A hollowed piece of wood that when your lips are buzzed at the mouth piece a vibration creates this tone. And I explained its origins and history |
Colm O Nuanain from Ireland |
Why don't you play a real instrument? |
Why don't YOU! |
Dennis from United Kingdom |
How do you circular breathe |
Easy just takes practice |
Anonymous from France |
How do you play it? |
"Try it on!" and I learn them to play |
Eddy from Australia |
Why play a didgeridoo? |
Has nice sound makes me feel good relaxing improves breathing. |
Anonymous |
Is there some mechanic part making the ''noise" in the pipe |
It's only you and an empty wooden pipe |
Eric from USA |
I am relatively new to didgeridoos myself, but I am usually asked about how you produce the sound |
I try my best to explain about circular breathing and to keep your lips tight against the mouth piece |
Ezequiel Klauser from Argentina |
How can you playing the didgeridoo? |
You want to connecting whit the instrument and playing with all your body you want to feel the didgeridoo and practice all the days for increasing the abilities and playing better. And the air breading recirculation technique maybe was difficult at first but with the practice is possible. |
Fernando from Portugal |
What is that? |
It's an ancient blowing instrument made of eucalyptus wood and used by Australian aborigine. |
Flemming from Denmark |
How do you play the didge |
I show them how I hold my lips and how to blow the didge |
Anonymous from France |
Is the circular breathing hard to catch |
Yes |
Anonymous from USA |
How to circular breathe. |
Practice! |
Anonymous |
All about it |
I try to answers about my knowledge |
Anonymous |
How did you start playing the didgeridoo? |
I was looking for an interesting instrument without strings; I am not good with string instruments. I liked the sound and I thought it would be a good fit for me. |
Jason Steinman from USA |
What? Its a huh? Didydoo!! It's rather funny. |
I just play it. |
Anonymous |
What is that? |
I tell them the proper name and the origin |
Jeff from USA |
What is that |
I tell them it is a Didgeridoo. That it is the oldest known musical instrument created and played by the aboriginal people from Australia |
Jim Griffiths from United Kingdom |
Can you play it? |
I'm trying to learn |
John from USA |
What kind of wood is the didgeridoo made out of? |
Eucalyptus |
Jon from USA |
How do you play? |
I take the time to pull mine out and show them and try to teach them some basics. |
Keith from USA |
None really as I am just starting, and do most of the question asking. |
Hi I'm Keith and I'd love to learn to play.:) |
Kellie from USA |
What is a Didgeridoo? |
It is an instrument indigenous to the Australian Aborigines made from a branch or small trunk of a Eucalyptus tree that has been eaten and hollowed out by termites. |
Ken Hrycyk from Canada |
How did you learn to play? |
That I am self taught. |
Kevin from United Kingdom |
Can you play it? |
I try. |
Kevin from USA |
How do you play it? |
Just put your bottom lip out a little and vibrate your lips loosely similar to the vibration techniques of a trumpet |
Kris from Belgium |
Do I see that right? Are you blowing and breathing at the same time? |
I explain the circulate breathing. |
Anonymous |
How is it played? |
Difficult instrument to play you need very good breath control to play |
Anonymous from USA |
How to play and how hard is it to breath right. |
Not hard at all and I'm still learning to breath. |
Anonymous |
What is that thing? |
An instrument! |
Mark Bailie from Australia |
When did you learn to play? |
I'm still learning! |
Mark from United Kingdom |
How do you circular breath |
I can't yet |
Anonymous from USA |
How do you play it? |
I tell them that it takes a lot of air and that you have to use your voice and that I circular breathe although I tell them that this isn't necessary. |
Michael from Australia |
How do you play for so long without running out of breath! |
By relaxing & meditating! |
Mignon Haslar from New Zealand |
How do you play it? |
Played similar to a trumpet with circular breathing. |
Nikita from Russia |
I've often been stopped by security in night clubs so they are trying to take didj away from me, so they ask how can I enter the club with huge club. |
Oh No stop hitting me its just an musical instrument |
Pat from USA |
How do you make the sound? |
Just blow like a horse blows. |
Patrick from USA |
What is it? |
The oldest simplest most powerful natural wood wind instrument in the world. |
Paul Arguijo from USA |
What is it |
It is an Aboriginal wind instrument |
Anonymous |
What is a didgeridoo? |
It's an Aboriginal Australian Instrument |
Peter from USA |
How do you keep it sounding without taking a breath? |
You try to get into a circular breathe mode. |
Anonymous |
How hard is it to play? |
It's not to hard once you get the breathing sorted |
Ricardo from Chile |
1) Where the didj comes from? 2) How do you play it? |
1) North of Australia it is made by the aboriginal people. 2) With circular breath using my mouth like third lung |
Anonymous |
What is it |
It is typical a hollowed tube made of wood (for the most part) and was made by aboriginals |
Rick from USA |
What's a didgeridoo? |
It's a wind instrument that has it's origins with the Australian Aboriginal people. |
Robert from USA |
Can't say anyone has asked as I mostly hang out with Shamanic types who often know more than I do. I suppose it might be, "Do you have to be high to play that?" |
"I am forbidden by religious stricture from using drugs not even alcohol. If I want a change of consciousness I have to do it with music voice meditation etc." |
Russell from USA |
What is it? |
An Aboriginal instrument from Australia that has been used for millennia. |
Ryan Anderson from Australia |
Have you ever hit anyone with that thing? It looks heavy. |
Uh no. Its a musical instrument called a didgeridoo. Want to hear it? |
Scott Watkins from USA |
How do you make those cool strange sounds? |
I experiment with my didj a lot and I read the 'how to' web pages on the internet. I also listen to other players on the internet. |
Serena from USA |
How do you get a sound out of it? |
I usually show them first showing them how to vibrate their lips without the didj then having them try with it. (I've always played with my lips forward and centered though. After listening to the basic technique tracks here I'll try it with a smiling embouchure and playing to the side of the didj.) |
Anonymous |
On the circular breathing (Sobre la respiracion circular) |
It is a technology not to cut the air flow (sound) Es una tecnica para no cortar el flujo de aire (sonido) |
Stephen from USA |
What made you want to play it? |
Love the sound and interested in all indigenous instruments |
Steven Laplante from USA |
Is it easy to learn |
Yes it is it just takes a lot of practice |
Susanna Reichling from USA |
How to play it/what does it sound like? |
Demonstration of fundamental pitch and overtones; talk about circular breathing |
Terrence Holmes from Netherlands |
How difficult is it to play? |
Takes practice & circular breathing is tricky |
Anonymous from USA |
How in the world do you play that thing? |
Make fat lips and proceed to make a fart sound with a lot of air pushing behind it. |
Anonymous from United Kingdom |
Is it easy to play |
Not yet |
Tyler Little from USA |
Can you play it? |
"Yeah " followed by playing. |
Tyler from USA |
What makes you interested in the didgeridoo? |
I have always been fascinated with Australia and the aboriginal arts. Its my life-long dream to go and visit someday |
Tyler from USA |
What in the world is that? |
A Didgeridoo what else would it be? |
Anonymous from USA |
I've never been asked about them. |
Nobody has asked so I haven't had to answer |
Anonymous |
How do I play it |
You inhale air and make a pressure room in your moth cavity. you let the air escape via a little crack between your lips (on the side of your lips because you can make the hole very small). When you do that into a didgeridoo making sure no air can enter between your face area and the honey waxed whole of the didgeridoo. you create the basic sound by changing the volume of the mouth cavity and doing things with your tongue and lips you can change sound and rhythm. |
Anonymous from Portugal |
What produces the sound in didgeridoo? |
The vibration of your mouth;) |
Yvonne from Australia |
What makes the sound so unusual. |
It depends on who is blowing it |
