How To Play the Didge

This is me playing a PVC didgeridoo I bought on eBay a few years ago.

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[Brads4e]

what's the secret to keep the sound as good as the lung's sound when making the circular breathing?

I'm blowing out the air from my cheeks, but the sound is more like just buzzin', you know.

[rtra26]

@Brads4e

Practice! You'll start to get familiar with the movement of your cheeks and the positioning of your lips for certain sounds. Experiment!

[rtra26]

@Brads4e

Practice! You'll start to get familiar with the movement of your cheeks and the positioning of your lips for certain sounds. Experiment!

[rtra26]

thanks for all the positive comments...

i'll post some more videos up of my other wooden didges and newer techniques.

[furrytummy]

Hem, sorry for double comment, not my fault.

However... Probably the best thing you could buy is an yidaki from northern territory but if you haven't enough money you can use a pvc tube. It has to be thick, with a 3,5/4 cm diameter and 1.10/1.20 long. Water orange pipes are pretty good. Their sound is worst than this one but the techniques you use to play are the same you'd use with a good instrument.

[rtra26]

thanks, i have this red wood didge with a really wide wax mouthpiece and it has an extremely low tone, not sure if i like it, but an aboriginal carved it and all

[wmassunderground]

Question for you.Is that a Toca Duro Didgeridoo? Looks just like the ones you can get off of the zzounds website and musicansfriend site and also what is the length and inner diameter of that one.The didge i have is 51" long and looks just like the one your playing.Great playing by the way.You def have that circular breathing down.

[DJQuickSB]

@rtra26

doing it with the cheeks is the trick, wel works for me anyway. The thing is though when you push out the air from there you need to adjust the tightness of your lips acordingly, maybe also adjust at how hard / soft your pushing the air out. At the beginning when i did it i pushed to hard n i ended up creating a sharp pop sound when i did it

[MrDavid5304]

What's the diameter and length of your didge. I've been messing around with a plain ol' PVC Pipe I bought and I don't think it has the right resonance.

[dmckearney]

how do you produce that twangy buzz sound?

[acidfriend47]

@Brads4e

LOL there is no secret Nutaesohn XD

[tntbas]

nive beat bro

[rtra26]

@korma3

Bought it on eBay! I'm sure you can find a video on how to make one though!