Larry Winiwini | Burrngupurrngu personal yirdaki

This and the following 4 video clips are an 'experiment' on the effect of individual style on yirdaki playing. You will see that despite the same instrument being used by all 5 men, the acoustic realisation is a little different with each player.

Many variables have an influence on the sound output of an instrument, the primary one being the physical make-up of the instrument... its length, bore characteristics, thickness of its walls etc.

A player also brings a lot to the sonic outcome of an instrument. His style is his own, developed by listening to others play. It isn't all nurture though. Nature gives us each a different set of lips, different tongues, different oral cavities... each is unique much like our fingerprints.

The yirdaki player here, Larry Winiwni, needs no introduction. I'm sure you will agree that he has blessed us with his extraordinary yirdaki playing on YouTube.

The yirdaki itself is one made by Bruce Burrngupurrngu Wunungmurra, a master yirdaki craftsman who is recognised by countrymen as a highly skilled player in his youth. Burrngupurrngu made this instrument whilst living at Garrthalala outstation, and kept it as his personal yirdaki. It has been used in ceremonies in the Laynha region. Even though the instrument is not cracked, it has been wrapped in black and red duct tape by Burrngupurrngu as an easy 'identifier' to prevent it from being stolen by other Yolngu!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• didgeridoo
• yirdaki
• yidaki
• didjeridu
• bruce
• burrngupurrngu
• wunungmurra
• dhalwangu
• larry
• winiwini
• gurruwiwi
• galpu
• yolngu

[ididjaustralia]

The more I listen to this clip, the more beauty I see in it. If there's such a thing as perfection, this must surely come close. Listen again and again to the first 9 seconds... the syncopation is just amazing. If I could replicate a mere 60% of that, my life would have been fulfilled...

[RyuSakuraRyu]

Hi there,

You're the first didgeridoo player I saw on youtube here and definitly the best. I didn't see any other player as good as you. You're awesome!

[GoldDronzer]

YES!!!

lol

[hoopygo]

Larry is the best

YESSS!!!

[setting358]

Great!!!

[sonofthedestroyer]

YESSS!!!

[ngarti81]

YESSS!!!

[sirzuke]

His cheeks don't even puff out?!?!

[sirzuke]

supreme

[blackiebori]

I luvv dat yirdaki!!

[teddythefrency]

Génial! (in french).

[kibontoilyeo]

Awesome Yidaki... YES!!!