Larry Winiwini yirdaki #1

This yirdaki was made by Larry Winiwini, son of Djalu Gurruwiwi. Most people would know Larry as a phenomenal yirdaki player, and indeed he is. His talent as a yirdaki maker is less well-known, probably because he crafts instruments on an irregular and erratic basis... whenever he feels like it to be more precise. But when Winiwini makes a yirdaki, you can be sure it is as good as it gets in north-east Arnhem Land.

Winiwini's forays into bush to cut yirdaki is always a bit of an adventure. He has the boundless energy and enthusiasm that one would imagine Djalu had 40 years ago, not that Djalu is a slouch at cutting yirdaki! But with Winiwini, going bush feels like an intense exercise workout... one moment he is a few feet behind you, the next he's chopping into a tree 10 metres away, and moments later he has disappeared out of sight!

Winiwini is extremely selective in the logs he harvests. He has a preference for yirdaki with screeching acoustics, intense power and great acoustic elasticity. Many of the instruments he makes have a narrow bore in the neck region and a small natural wooden mouthpiece, often less than 30 mm in diameter. These are the instruments that best bring out Winiwini's unique style of play, with strongly articulated tongue glides and attacks that bend the fundamental note upwards predominating his repertoire of techniques.

This yirdaki is a screamer with loads of back pressure. A carved bell-shaped distal end looks spectacular and seems to be something that only Winiwini does.

You can purchase this instrument in the iDIDJ Store:

http://www.ididj.com.au/store/fine_didjeridus.html

Category:

Music

Tags:

• didgeridoo
• didjeridu
• larry
• winiwini
• galpu
• gurruwiwi
• yolngu
• yirdaki
• yidaki
• aboriginal
• australia
• arnhem
• music
• indigenous

[MRRandomification]

is he Yolŋu?

[ididjaustralia]

@MRRandomification yes

[moyle94]

thats not how you play a regi didg

[ididjaustralia]

@moyle94 how is it played then??

[nowhere8]

very very nice indeed

[ididjaustralia]

cool eh?

[ydobrevodnim]

Actually they cut down trees that have been hollowed out by termites or other insects. In other words, they're pretty much already dead.

[littlejonny101]

sweet didj mate beautiful setting, gotta love our beaches

[acidfriend47]

@ididjaustralia Hey do you know how to play that kind of style on the didje? I've finding out its hard to do that rythm xD

Amazing isn't it

[Butterscotch0193]

@moyle94

there are many different ways to play. there is no RIGHT way, nor is there a WRONG way, so you can shut up. :)

[Cre8iveSignWorks]

what the hell is going on here?

everyone arguing about black and white or ancient man and civilisations?

4 fuk sake you guys...get back on track here....

this page is about a very very good didgeridoo player.

how about some comment on that for a change?

[sonofthedestroyer]

@Escekar,

Many of us with melanin are separated by many cultures. But there is an ever growing synchronity. That is no accident.

[Escekar]

@sonofthedestroyer

Even though you're from a different culture than me.

I would have almost said the same thing as you did...?

that's cool..

[Escekar]

@sonofthedestroyer

Nice comeback....!

:-)

[Yannick20]

@sonofthedestroyer it's probably useless to enter a discussion, but i'll try anyway... What you're saying is actually racist, what if I would say that the black man is actually a beast because they are often very superstitious, run around naked in the jungle , fight each other constantly, and sometimes even eat each other???