| Name and Country |
Can different notes be played on the didj? |
Please explain why different notes can or cannot be played on the didj. |
| Alexander Kaye from USA |
No |
The length allows only for a specific frequency to resonate within the instrument. Although voicing can add unlimited additional tones the resonating frequency of the instrument is essentially constant. |
| Andrew from Australia |
Yes |
The lips and voice can change the didj's pitch. |
| Antti Kässi from Finland |
Yes |
Because one can make different playing range sounds with drone |
| Brent Groover from USA |
Yes |
Depending on how you move your mouth and jaw tongue as well. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
If you overblow you can play a trumpet-like sound that is higher than the drone. |
| Anonymous |
No |
It can sound like you are but you're just raising the pitch. If you count making a different noise other than the drone a note then yes different notes can be played |
| Cindy from USA |
Yes |
The player controls it with their breath. |
| Claudiu Oros from Romania |
No |
Because the didge is a hollow tube that depending on the length and other properties generates only one note.The size of a traditional didj is not variable and it dose not have mechanisms to modify sound.The player can do a lot of things to the sound coming out but not modify the note. |
| Edward Maldonado from USA |
Yes |
Changing the tension in your lips or pressure applied can raise the pitch. |
| Gerry from South Africa |
No |
By changing the shape of your mouth one can play different pitches of a specific note on the didj. To be able to play different notes the length and perhaps even diameter of the didj would have to be able to be changed 'on the fly'. |
| Anonymous from Brazil |
Yes |
Many |
| Hugh from Canada |
Yes |
Harmonics can be produced by mouth shapes and notes can be bent around a little bit by the mouth as well |
| James from USA |
Yes |
While the overall tone may be in a certain key I can vocalize different notes through my droning. |
| Jaroslav from Czech Republic |
Yes |
For example different overtones |
| Jefferson Svengsouk from USA |
Yes |
While the didgeridoo is a single pitch harmonics and alterations in vibration air flow and projected vocalizations can create different pitches |
| Joel from USA |
Yes |
The side of the air chamber can be changed. |
| Joellen from USA |
??? |
From the shape of the instrument on the inside and the amount of wind going through it |
| John from USA |
Yes |
Different notes can be played on a single didj if the crafter were to make holes in various places on the didj. Not to mention that the toot is a different note from the drone. And on top of that our own voice (which produces a wide variety of notes) overtones the drone. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Different size of the didg. |
| John from USA |
Yes |
Changing the shape of your mouth cadence of your breathing pressure can change the notes. |
| Jon Baldovin from USA |
??? |
I don't know |
| Justin Ivey from USA |
??? |
I don't know but I would appreciate anything you will teach me |
| Katerina from Czech Republic |
??? |
Every didgeridoo is tuned on one particular tone? |
| Kathleen from USA |
Yes |
As a rank beginner I really don't know the answer to that question |
| Larry Choate from USA |
No |
Each didj has a "key note" you can play variations off that note but only the size of a didj determines the note which can be played |
| Anonymous |
??? |
No Slide |
| Leah from USA |
No |
I have no idea really I'm guessing. It's like a pipe in an organ - one length = one note. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Changing the shape of your mouth. |
| Matt Dix from Australia |
Yes |
I don't exactly remember but I recall years ago that someone did 'change' a note. |
| Michael from USA |
Yes |
Pitch can be changed by tightening the embouchure as in playing a brass instrument. |
| Paula from USA |
Yes |
I do not know how but I spoke with a healer/musician who stated his didjes were attuned to different notes to correspond with different healing. B to crown F to heart etc. |
| Roger from USA |
??? |
How you blow |
| Romano from Italy |
Yes |
Si possono suonare I diesis delle stesse note ma e impossibile produrre note diverse in quanto lo strumento funziona come una canna d'organo |
| Scott from USA |
??? |
I don't even have a didgeridoo yet but I assume it has to do with the length and width of the openings and the type of material used. |
| Sharon from USA |
Yes |
I really have no idea but would like to learn. |
| Stephen Martin from USA |
Yes |
Your vocals can make any note..add that with the drone and there she is.. |
| Steve from Australia |
Yes |
Changing the way you make sound through voice and lips can change the note also the didgeridoo itself. |
| Anonymous |
??? |
I have not been playing in a long time but I remember being able to vary my air column... |
| Venita Bentley from USA |
??? |
Don't know. |
