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Learn how to play didgeridoo contemporary style!
Want to learn how to play didgeridoo? You've come to the right place! This site aims to help people who want to know more about playing contemporary didgeridoo.
By this, I mean didgeridoo playing that is not played in the traditional style. The traditional style of didgeridoo is played, and best taught by, the indigenous Australians who are the traditional owners of the didgeridoo. For information on where to learn more about traditional didgeridoo, click here.
Contemporary didgeridoo is any other style of didgeridoo playing played in the context of modern, contemporary music. Contemporary didgeridoo utilises the essential shape of the didgeridoo, that being a long, hollow tube, to produce a unique sound that can be used in all manner of contemporary music settings.
The didgeridoo can be used as a modern-day musical instrument.
The contemporary didgeridoo style is that played by all those musicians, buskers and lounge room didgeridoo players out there who play because they love the sound of the didgeridoo and enjoy its unique qualities as a musical instrument. The contemporary playing style is largely left up to the imagination, influences and skill of the players as to what kind of sounds and rhythms they want to play.
About this site
If you are just beginning to learn didgeridoo, this site will help you get started with the basics of playing contemporary didgeridoo and provide a lot of other useful information and links that will really get you started on your didgeridoo journey.
On this site you will be able to learn about the basic drones, cheek and tongue movements, vocal effects and other techniques that are used to make a good variety of sounds. There is also heaps of information on circular breathing which will help you finally crack this unusual technique.
The web site also provides information on other related topics such as didgeridoo rhythms, choosing a didgeridoo, didgeridoo maintenance and the benefits of didgeridoo playing. With this information you will be able to answer many of your didgeridoo questions and learn all you need to start making some great sounds!
Most especially, this site has heaps of content, videos, audio files and pictures all about the didgeridoo and learning to play. The video and audio files in particular are convenient and easy to play and appear all throughout this website to really give you a good understanding of the topic or technique.
Click on the YouTube video below as an example. This is my YouTube video tutorial on how to circular breathe. For a complete rundown on circular breathing, go to my pages on circular breathing.
Also, click on the button below for a quick sample of the audio files that appear throughout this website.
| To learn how to play this rhythm, first go to my pages on how to play didgeridoo to learn the techniques involved. Then go to my pages on building rhythms to see how this rhythm evolved! |
You will also be able to get involved by voting on one of the many polls throughout the site. I find polls a great way of providing fascinating insight into public opinion on certain topics, so make sure to vote and then see how the rest of the world thinks. In fact, you can try one now by clicking on the poll in the sidebar to the right.
How to Play Didgeridoo PRO!
My complete online tutorial package called How to Play Didgeridoo PRO is finally here! This package gives you online access to 42 video lessons in addition to the 9 free videos already available on this website.
An eighty page PDF e-book accompanying the lessons is also available for download. As well as step-by-step instructions on beginner to advanced didgeridoo techniques, the video lessons also include 105 practice and 'foundation' rhythms. The rhythms are individually demonstrated in each video, with instructions and subtitled didgeridoo notation showing exactly what to do, and when and where to circular breathe.
For more information, click here.
Online access to How to Play Didgeridoo PRO is available now!
So look around! The information on these pages will definitely help you get started knowing all about didgeridoos and didgeridoo playing. Now pick that lonely didge up out of the corner. It's time to make it sing!
Rob
Note: I am not an aboriginal person but have developed a passion for the didgeridoo and respect for the aboriginal culture. I acknowledge the indigenous people of Australia as the traditional owners of the didgeridoo.
This web site is intended to provide information on the didgeridoo as it is played in a modern, contemporary style. I am not qualified to give advice on traditional playing styles and do not pretend to.
Any information on traditional playing styles should come from the traditional owners, or those who have been allowed to pass on teachings. If you want to know more about traditional aboriginal playing, visit my page on traditional didgeridoo to find out where to seek more information.
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What you'll find here
You'll find information on the didgeridoo, playing styles and gender issues.
There's heaps of information on how to play, including the basic drone, mouth movements, tonguing and vocalising.
Of course, there's a whole section on circular breathing covered in-depth like never before. Here you'll see my step-by-step process for learning the technique.
Once you've learnt all about circular breathing and other important techniques, you'll be able to put it into practice after reading the section on didgeridoo rhythms.
You'll also find lots of information on choosing and maintaining your didgeridoo so you have the best quality instrument possible for learning to play.
The complete online tutorial package How to Play Didgeridoo PRO is available now!