This didgeridoo is made from PVC pipe that’s been heated, warped and stained to look like wood. It has a beeswax mouthpiece that gets soft when you press it against your mouth, forming a seal. It took me a while to get the hang of playing it. Like all didgeridoos, it’s just a hollow tube. There are no reeds or holes. To play it, you make a raspberry sound with your lips. The trick is in finding the resonant frequency of the instrument and using as little air as possible to make it buzz. Once you are able to do that consistently, you can alter the sound with your cheeks, tongue, and voicebox. Another challenge is being able to play without pause. To do this, you must learn “circular breathing.”
Here’s a video on how to play a didgeridoo, and this video shows you how to make different sounds with a didgeridoo. In traditional Aboriginal culture, only men play the didgeridoo, but women all over the world now play them. Watch a woman playing a didgeridoo and bells at the same time in Carcassonne, France.
Didgeridoo with Beeswax Mouthpiece
by World Percussion USA
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