Name and Country |
Do you talk with your friends and audience about how a didj is made? |
What do you tell people about how a didj is made? |
Alexandre Nogueira from Portugal |
Always |
Termite made |
Amadeus from United Kingdom |
Always |
I discuss the importance of a walkabout and the discovery of a piece of suitable eucalyptus wood. Then I explain about the termites and how they naturally create the hollow. |
Amber from USA |
Sometimes |
Many forms of wood and with love. |
Amy from USA |
Rarely |
I am new to the didj and I have not heard any stories about how the didj is made. I am open to learning more. |
Anonymous |
Only if asked |
The kind of wood how it is carved etc |
Annetta from USA |
Rarely |
It is made by termites or ants boring out the center of eucalyptus. Traditionally that is where the Aboriginal people have taken this base material like a sculptor with clay and created a beautiful musical instrument that is tantalizing to the ears and rich and vibrant to the eyes. |
Atticus from Australia |
Mostly |
Finding the right tree. does the right tree speak to you (shapewise) and does it FEEL good. then. mind your t's |
Anonymous from Australia |
Sometimes |
Made by aboriginal people from termite hollowed tree branches. learnt this many years ago at school |
Brett Makowski from USA |
Always |
That it is hollowed out by white ants and that the sound of a Aboriginal Tribe member hitting the branch lets him now by the sound when the raw Didj is ready to cut. After the insides will be burned and in some cases the Didjeridu will be painted for various and sometimes personal reasons. |
Brian from Canada |
Mostly |
That they are made from termite-hollowed wood which people take and refine to create the didges. I have made some sliding didges from PVC so I usually outline that process as well. |
Casey from USA |
Always |
Termites hollow out a piece of eucalyptus. An experienced Didgeridoo maker taps on the hollowed eucalyptus to try to find a branch that would make a good didj. They harvest it clean it maybe decorate it. |
Charles from USA |
Never |
I don't |
Anonymous |
Rarely |
I do know a number of methods from mother nature (termites) to PVC but usually don't have anyone to talk to about it. |
Anonymous |
Sometimes |
It was originally made from the trunk of a eucalyptus plant hollowed out by termites |
Anonymous |
Sometimes |
That it is hollowed out by termites and then refined into a musical instrument by its maker. |
Anonymous |
Only if asked |
I don't know |
Christopher Kosek from USA |
Always |
A didj is made from a tree that's hollowed out by termites and chopped down |
Chrystal from USA |
Always |
I will tell them how I made mine from PVC |
Claudia from Italy |
Never |
I do not know |
Conor Kelly from Australia |
Only if asked |
Just the little bit that I know. how the termites hollow out the centre of the didj that it is made from native australian hard wood and that termites only pick the best quality wood |
Curtis from USA |
Sometimes |
Traditionally they are ant hollowed eucalyptus |
Daniele Baldan from Italy |
Always |
Didj is a peace of eucalyptus that aborigines pick up in the bush researching the best peace to play in balance with habitat. The termites eat the soft centre of the wood and make a tunnel in the branch like a tunnel that you can play like a flute.. the aboriginal only pick up their woods searching in the bush for many miles. |
David from Canada |
Sometimes |
It is from a specific wood that termites bore out the centre for starters. Then it is tuned to length and hand painted by aboriginal artists. |
David from USA |
Rarely |
Authentic didgeridoos are made of eucalyptus tree or branch that was hollowed out by termites to the right degree. |
Derek Rusinek from USA |
Mostly |
I tell them how the best didgeridoos are made from trees usually eucalyptus that were hollowed out by termites and then cut sanded and worked on until you have a beautiful instrument. I also tell them how to make their own didgeridoo out of PVC pipe. |
Edward Olson from USA |
Sometimes |
I tell them that historically they are made out of Eucalyptus trees hollowed out by termites and decorated with aboriginal dot art. They can also be made out of bamboo other hard woods and even PVC pipe. |
Anonymous |
Sometimes |
Eucalyptus hollowed by termites |
Gabriele Parrillo from Italy |
Always |
It's a tree eaten by termites they eat the most nourishing part and open he space to the vibrations the most they like the tree more variations born so it's a natural sculpture made by the nature and painted by the man who find it in nature |
Guido from Italy |
Always |
It is made with wood |
Anonymous |
Always |
Termites |
Harold from USA |
Only if asked |
Its all bugs and stuff |
Hilary from USA |
Only if asked |
Originally by accident - found hollowed logs; then by encouraging termites to hollow eucalypt logs (current traditional method); nowadays often made of nearly any cylindrical material to various effects. |
Anonymous from Australia |
Only if asked |
I tell them it is a special secret method that us white fellas are not allowed to know (yep - I'm a stirrer) - and it gives them a reason to go looking it up later on. |
Ivor Carter from Australia |
Always |
It's always about our friends the white ants who do the work for us. And how different people use differing methods for checking each tree to see if it's hollow or not. |
James Nesbit from USA |
Only if asked |
I tell them that it is a hollowed out trunk of various types of wood. Usually they are found already hollowed by termites. It can be covered in a glossy resin to protect it. The mouthpiece is usually made of beeswax or in some cases resin. |
James from USA |
Mostly |
How to make a Pvc pipe didgeridoo and termites and whatnot. |
Anonymous from USA |
Always |
Usually it's made of eucalyptus trunks that have been hollowed out by termites but u can make them out of a lot more medians now from plastic to other types of wood. |
Jeremy Page from USA |
Mostly |
That an type of ant eats through the wood making it hollow. |
Julio Serrano from Mexico |
Only if asked |
Are many forms to create an instrument... but is amazing the survive of traditional way to make a Didgeridoo in the Australian culture employing just natural elements and the work of other beings like termites. |
Katie from USA |
Always |
Your web site will be a great reference! |
Anonymous |
Mostly |
It is made from the eucalyptus tree; the tube is hollowed out by termites. |
Anonymous |
Sometimes |
See above |
Luis Anillo from Spain |
Always |
Eucalyptus wood branch and "termites" make a hole inside it (don't know english name) |
Maarten from Belgium |
Always |
That it is an instrument used by aboriginals and that it is made from trees eaten by termites. Then they put special paintings on it with a meaning. |
Magda from Australia |
Only if asked |
I say it's hollowed out from a log that's specially chosen for it's qualities and liken it to the timber and shape selected by violin makers - that it's an art. But I do also say they're highly decorated with Aboriginal art. |
Mandela Van Eeden from USA |
Always |
Young men go on walkabout. Tap dying gum trees. Find a nice hollow one. Cut at the bottom and at the top. (During the entire process you are playing the didjeridu the man does not find the didjeridu the didjeridu finds the man!) Clean out a little bit of the inside (only a little bit) play it! |
Mark Mondier from Belize |
Sometimes |
Termite eaten eucalyptus branch fashioned by Australian indigenous peoples. |
Anonymous from USA |
Sometimes |
Traditionally made out of wood and hollowed out by termites. |
Martin from Netherlands |
Mostly |
Made off eucalyptus and eaten out by termites. Any material left in the bore will have to be removed. Then the "didgeridoo" needs to be cut to the required length the bulk of material on the outside removed and stripping away the bark. Than it can be painted. Most painted in red ochre yellow ochre a black and a white.:-) |
Matthew Brewster from Guernsey |
Sometimes |
If they ask and are interested |
Michael Melvin from USA |
Mostly |
I tell them that it is made mostly by nature from the natural action of the white ants or termites. they will infest a eucalyptus tree and eat the wood from the inside to help protect them from predators. this makes a hollow tree. it is then cut down close to the ground to make a bell on the bottom. They then cut it to a rough length and put hot coals inside to help clear out the inside more. then they put rocks in it and shake it to clean out the charcoal and help sand it. then it is tested for sound and cut to tune. and a beeswax mouth peace is fashioned onto the embouchure. then it is decorated with natural pigments. If this process is done by a native Aboriginal the final product when played by them is known as a Yidaki. The name didgeridoo was given to them by european settlers who mimicked the sound that it made and called it that. |
Nick Gaylord from USA |
Mostly |
Different types of aboriginal woods for different didjes but they take pieces from a tree and remove all the bark from the outside and all the dirt from the inside and fill in the holes. |
Nicole from Germany |
Always |
Important is that it made by the original people and not from any other 'white' people! And that ants 'make the hole' (sorry for my English). |
Niko from Finland |
Mostly |
I tell that it's made by nature. By the termites. |
Pablo Beler from Ecuador |
Sometimes |
I tell they are many types of Didjes now in world the natural made of nature with insects those are made by the aborigines those are industry made those are made in synthetic fibbers and the most common commercial type with bamboo. |
Paul Putman from United Kingdom |
Mostly |
It is made from the eucalyptus tree and is naturally hollowed out by termites. The termite grooves make a unique and interesting sound. |
Anonymous |
Never |
The opportunity had not yet arisen |
Philippe from Canada |
Always |
That it is made of eucalyptus and the inside of it is eaten by termites. |
Rhiannon from USA |
Mostly |
I tell them about the trees that get hollowed out by termites and how they shape and paint them. |
Anonymous from USA |
Mostly |
Termites naturally hollow the branches out and then if you can find a properly hollowed branch that looks as if it would sound nice or u just really wanna play that branch cause its calling you let it sit then clean it and make sure its solid wax up a mouthpiece and play. |
Anonymous from USA |
Sometimes |
Traditional gathering of termite woods modern craftsmanship methods etc |
Anonymous |
Mostly |
Wood? eucalyptus) |
Anonymous |
Never |
I have told them its just hollowed out cylinder but now I will tell them after I've learned. |
Anonymous from Portugal |
Only if asked |
It's a cylinder made of any wooden plant but can also be made from other materials like Plastic (pvc) glass fiber or even metal but synthetic materials never have such a sound like a natural didgeridoo nor it's power to induce to an other reality... |
Steve Pickering from Australia |
Mostly |
Termites cannot expose themselves to the atmosphere so they chew a tunnel through the eucalypt trees such as boxwood. the aboriginals collect these hollowed out branches and work them into the instrument |
Tanner Fitzgerald from USA |
Never |
Nothing |
Thomas from France |
Mostly |
It's naturally made by termites in a eucalyptus tree and found and finished by human. |
Anonymous |
Rarely |
Just that they are made in australia. |
Anonymous |
Never |
Nothing. |
Wesley from USA |
Rarely |
By termites. |
Anonymous from Canada |
Mostly |
How the white termites hollow out the core of the eucalyptus tree and then it is cut down and refurnished into the shape/length of desire. |
