Dave Chapman Didgeridoo Solo II

Something a little different this time. This is a bamboo stick (clearly!), playing in the key of B. It has a lovely deep drone, and nice overtones which don't come out terribly clearly on this clip, but hey. It isn't the easiest instrument to play as it is very wide and I have to shift alot of air down it to maintain the drone. I quite like this little ditty, I would welcome your thoughts.

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Music

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• didgeridoo
• didj

[Jonyjutsu]

great stuff som1 told me playing a bamboo is harder and requires more breath, ive just orderd 1 are they right ?

[didjindutch]

@Jonyjutsu Hi, thx! As with any didj it simply depends on the amount of backpressure provided by the didj, this is determined by the width of the didj at the mouth peice (internally - not the width of the bamboo per se!). So if you have a slimmer peice of bamboo, it should be ok, larger/wider sticks are a bit more greedy.

Bamboo is prone to splitting - alot - so make sure you stand it up after playing, try not to have it in the same orientation all the time when playing.

[elvescrossing]

oh WOWOWOWOW, this sounds awesome. i wonder, if you could tell us, what words you use to build this rhythm. to me it sounds something like "girls" or "skills". maybe you can submit a short tutorial. anyway, keep on going - it´s PHANTASTIC

[didjindutch]

Thanks for your kind words. If you are referring to the vocal, its not really a word at all, just kinda singing, Di Da Dow Dow, or something like that. That is over layed on the base drone rhythm which again is very similar, but more of a Tia tu Tow Tow.

It will depend on what didj you are trying to play it on, it works well on this because there is so little back pressure, the voice doesn't get supressed. The down side of that is of course, I have to be v careful to never miss a breath!

[Akahum]

Great! See youat Singing Sticks...

[didjindutch]

Cheers guys, can't wait!

[joeblowthehot]

man he must get the women

[Rocky1990]

@PCGHX ich schätze es hängt damit zusammen, dass Bambus sehr leicht ist und die niedrigen Frequenzen leichter schwingen können als bei Teak oder Eukalyptus.

[Rocky1990]

@PCGHX das hab ich mich auch gefragt.

Die Resonanz zwischen Bambus & traditionellen Didges machen zwei völlig verschiedene Eindrücke.

[PCGHX]

Really great bass!

I am wondering if bamboo didges are normally deeper then wood didges.

(My didges are a bassy bamboo didge and a cheap awful wood didge.

However need too much air to play the bamboo didge.

Grüße aus Deutschland

[elvescrossing]

thanks for your quick response!!!! it´ll help me a lot. again - to me one of the most stunning sounds and rhythm i´ve seen (heard) on this site!! keep on going