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Didgeridoo Music And Sounds

Didgeridoo

From the heart

From the land

A soul instrument

You feel it

The sound of mother earth

The didgeridoo is one of the oldest instruments to make music in the world. It has been used in traditional Aboriginal ceremonies across the top end of Australia for tens of thousands of years. According to the myths of creation the sound of the didgeridoo helped create the world and everything in it. Originally, Aboriginal groups predominantly played the didgeridoo from the Kiberly region of Western Australia, through to the areas around current day Darwin and Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Traditionally and Aborigine would go into nature and listen intensely to animal sounds, not just voices but also the flapping of wings or the thump of feet on the ground. This is the original music.

The Aborigine would also listen to the sounds of wind, thunder, trees creaking, and water running. The essences of all thee sounds were played with as much accuracy as possible within the droning sound of the didgeridoo. For the Aborigine, the observation of nature immediately requires a state of empathy, which leads to an imitative expression. Being one with nature is the first step in meeting your soul. Just ask the Druids. Elemental experimentation.

Making music and sounds from the didgeridoo is not hard. Making didgeridoo music requires pressing your lips tight against the inside of the mouthpiece and steadily squeezing air through your lips so they vibrate. If your nose tickles, your getting it right. By tightening and widening the shape of your lips where the air flows out, you can alter the pitch of the sound called the didgeridoo drone. You should ensure that the entire mouthpiece is covered so air cannot escape.

The next step in playing the didgeridoo and getting some musical sounds out of it is adding voice to the wind you blow into the mouthpiece. This can be a high or low pitch sound which resonates inside the didgeridoo creating more varied sound. The experienced didgeridoo player can makes calls and other sounds still breathing out and vibrating the lips, mimicking animal and human sounds and noises. This gives a wide variety of calls and tones to play with.

The final and most difficult part of playing the didgeridoo is circular breathing. This is the process of breathing in through your nose while at the same time maintaining a steady outward air pressure through the mouth to keep the sound continuous. A healthy set of lungs is critical to circular breathing. It also takes plenty of practice to be able to maintain consistency and tone to the drone sound. Once you have mastered it, you should be able to create a continuous sound for many minutes. In the traditional use of the instrument the Aboriginals were able to play the didgeridoo for hours without stopping. This is important for those of you that are using the didgeridoo in order to meditate or produce trance like states. Once you can get the sound continuous, you can close your eyes and drone out similar to the yogi’s saying AHMMMMMMMM.

Learning to Circular Breath For Continuous Sound

The Water Breathing Technique

Fill your mouth with water so that your cheeks puff out.

Push your cheeks in to push the water out of your mouth and push your tongue from the back of your mouth to the front.

Take short breaths in through your nose to give you continual air.

Make sure that your tongue acts as a seal, preventing you from swallowing the water!

The effect of playing the didgeridoo and its sounds on the body happens by stimulation of the acupuncture meridians which end on the lips. As the lips vibrate from the music, the meridians are constantly activated so that the energy flows easily. Meridians are often described as channels of energy running through the body. These channels are able to assimilate CHI energy from outside, which is then distributed throughout the body.

Audrya Corbett

Art and Didgeridoo Instructor

alwaystimeforcreation@hotmail.com

On a personal note, the sounds of the didgeridoo and the time I spend alone outside in different weather situations are priceless. Didgeridoo music comes from your soul. At first the music may not sound like music but be a series of “burps and farts”. That’s o.k.

It’s a reflection.

Eventually you slow down, there is no rush, and the real didgeridoo music comes through. Your skills catch up with the evolution of your soul, and your BEING comes out in the sounds at the end of the didge.

You hear the harmonics inside the chamber and watch flames and trees react to the sounds of your shared souls in conversation.

Thankyou for showing me how Audrya.

Ray Burton “Soldado”

You should also check out this video demo: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2649879608229929352&q=didgeridoo

And this one to hear some differant didgeridoo sounds and music:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8634925923746710688&q=didgeridoo

Digeridoo Om Chant

A couple of days ago I posted an mp3 that had Buddhist deep voice chant mixed with sound bowls for the heart chakra. It was cool and messing around some more I decided to mix a didgeridoo in with the Om or Aum chant and tag it onto the previous mix. This one is about 7 minutes long and you can start to trip out a little at the end if you zone into it.

Its a cool thing to notice how all these differant takes on spirituality have very simular approaches through the medium of vibration. For some its voice and for others an instrument is involved. I dont know if I will ever put my finger on the science behind the vibration but I do know that it takes me to another place…and its a good place. Here is the mp3, enjoy!

Digeridoo-Om-Chanting

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Buddhist deep voice chanting

I’ve gotten bitten by another bug. Music is back in my life and this time its pretty full force. I found some neat reading material on chanting by ROBERT GASS. Check it out if your spiritual journey is leading you towards meditation or chanting.

I’ve always been attracted to powerfull music and Buddhist deep voice chant has been a real favourite of mine. When I dont feel like doing a silent meditation, I will grab the mp3 player and play my chanting mp3’s on loop and then just get lost in the vibrations.

Any way, seeing as how a whole bunch of new muscial sources are coming into my life I thought I would try messing around with some of the wonderfull technology thats out there. In my first play with cubase I thought it would be cool to combine a Buddhist sound bowl for the heart chakra along with some Buddist monks doing deep voice chanting.

The thing about this stuff is that it makes me laugh. I mean when I listen to the way the voice and the sound bowls interact, it gives me either a shiver or makes me break out in a laugh. I know that sounds weird but cool music always effects me physically.

You can listen to the chanting mp3 below. If I have violated someones copywrite with this, just let me know. Other than that enjoy my first (and very novice) attempt at mixing!

Buddist Deep Voice Chant

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