WET Didgeridoo - Building PVC Multi Drone part 2

[tigerweedz1]

I made 1 of your multi drones with the addition of an idea from another pvc didge video, I dipped the mouth piece in tool dip. I'm trying to learn didgeridoo to treat sleep apnea. I ordered 1 of those indonisian teak ones from X8 drums for $50 bucks.but only could flatulate. The tool tip wasn't dry till 2 AM so I haven't got to play too much but I did take the over 5 foot drop octave to the far end of the house from my housemats & give her a couple of toots. I can drone this 1. Thanx dude.

[furrytummy]

Man... I think you are revolutinizing didjeridoo world with this genious idea and great skill in realizing it!

When I first made a very long didjeridoo with pvc pipes and (after one week trying) I got the low octave I had your same idea... I tried and tried, but never could go further (I just could go farter... LOL) so I thought this was impossible.

Thank you!

[furrytummy]

I only didn't understar one thing: how to tune the first toot. I made a pvc instrument like you show (very similar but not the same, in Italy we don't have those kind of pipes) but the first toot is only one note lower than the "base" drone... Also I can't get a good sound by the drop octave drone, I guess due to my poor technique. It seems the way more difficult than playing a very long didjeridoo.

[furrytummy]

I modified a little the didje. Now it's an F with a C# trumphet... It seems ok. Now I have just to learn to play it. :P

Thanks again man.

[farfennoogen]

awesome thanks man :)

[farfennoogen]

heres another question for ya too .... how well does vocals come out on this didgeridoo ? you know like shouts etc. ....

[WETdidgeridoo]

@farfennoogen vocals certainly don't come out as well as a big bore instrument but they are still there. With the reflective inside of epoxy coated didgeridoos and in this case PVC instruments, the vocals still get reflected through better than one would expect on tight bore instruments.

[farfennoogen]

cool concept ... my question is what is the lengths of each of the pipe sections ? I know you mentioned the width but not the lengths ... I would like to make one for the key of C and one for D ..any help would be greatly appreciated ... does it not matter as long as the total length is 47" -48" ?

[WETdidgeridoo]

@farfennoogen yes it does matter which sections are longer and unfortunately i have not played around enough with pvc to have written out specifications for each note. it also really depends on how low you want the first trumpet. luckily pvc is cheap enough to play around and experiment with. you will learn a lot about tuning if you do. good luck! if you make any discoveries please share:)