Name and Country |
What is the longest you have played didj continuously using circular breathing (without any break in the sound at all)? |
Please share your experience of playing didj continuously for long periods of time? |
| Adam from USA |
5-10 min |
I used to play in a stairwell where the echo was fantastic. I would just sit and play while I learned to circular breathe. While my lips got numb the sound would almost put me into a trance. |
| Anonymous |
Up to 2 min |
Great feeling |
| Alex Wruurri from USA |
2-5 min |
My friend who also plays didj plays in our town with me every month. We've been doing this for over a year and have made some nice haunting music. |
| Anonymous from USA |
10-15 min |
This depends on my playing style. Most lengthy sessions for me will be more of a meditative style which will relax me. |
| Barry from United Kingdom |
25-30 min |
Exhilarating |
| Bill Woodward from Canada |
1 hour + |
Meditation to control chronic pain didge circle over sunset |
| Brian James from United Kingdom |
15-20 min |
Its like meditation it takes me out of the space I am in |
| Bruno Nuñez from Peru |
Tried but no sound |
When I heard dig I can ger in trance meditative I have only 1 time the opportunity of heard in five from a friend from colombia here in peru not easy to get one people don't kwon pretty much |
| Chris from New Zealand |
15-20 min |
Wow!! its awesome. From my experience after a long period of time I find that I get into a rhythm and the vibrations send me into a trance like state. I find it extremely relaxing and therapeutic. |
| Chris Bittner from USA |
Up to 2 min |
Cannot circ. breathe very long but play for long periods. always feel calmed and relaxed. |
| Chris Platell from Australia |
5-10 min |
Got rather dizzy but made some good sounds. |
| Christopher from USA |
15-20 min |
Its like going into a trance where everything around you seems to go silent and all you can hear is the drone of the didgeridoo and the sound of your breathing as you play it |
| Claude Beaucaire from Canada |
2-5 min |
It's absolutely fascinating it's like yoga breathing. |
| Dale from USA |
2-5 min |
I was winded but felt energized |
| Anonymous |
2-5 min |
It was fun. |
| Daniel from USA |
5-10 min |
The best meditation I have experienced. |
| David De Lucena from Brazil |
10-15 min |
Made me a better man! |
| David from USA |
5-10 min |
Relaxation Calm Engaged in free flowing patterns and creative sounds/rhythms. |
| Douglas Bischoff from USA |
10-15 min |
I have been honored to be asked to play at several religious meditation experiences in the US. |
| Ed from Netherlands |
2-5 min |
At some point I have to take a deep breath and I'm not sure it's because I have too much or too little air left... |
| Erik Putnam from USA |
1 hour + |
It happens when it happens and usually it surprises me. |
| Fabian Kuiper from Netherlands |
30-40 min |
It is a relaxing but meanwhile intense and heavy experience and I can only say that it gives you the kick to succeed in it. I just love to play for longer periods of time purely to get my mind at ease. |
| Felipe Restrepo from Colombia |
2-5 min |
Spectacular |
| Franck Boudet from France |
25-30 min |
I feel relieved plainly vibrating lot more clear in my head. I am always more calm and relaxed after playing often more smiley. I also like to share the experience thus I tend to play more in public places... |
| Fred Ashplant from USA |
30-40 min |
I was at a party of friend who are mainly musicians. I had some conga drums with me and my Brad GoSam C pitched didge. The host of the party one Judah Williams who is a master conga drummer and percussionist asked me if I would play some rhythms on the didge while he played conga. We played for ten or fifteen minutes while people began arriving in his out door patio and then a really good guitar player by the name of Cody Randolf arrived and began playing guitar along with us. This went on for another fifteen or so minutes and then someone else began playing an African marimba and he played it very well indeed. We were all so blown away by the impromptu music we were making that we just kept on for quite some time. I don't really know how long but Judah thought it was more than an hour. Some one else said it was too bad no one had been able to record it. It was an amazing experience. |
| Gary from United Kingdom |
5-10 min |
I find it a great way to forget my world an my problems! |
| Gerald from Germany |
2-5 min |
Der Verstand bzw. die Gedanken schalten sich ab. |
| Gregg Nardozza from USA |
25-30 min |
I go long periods with repeating sounds and slow easy breathing for relaxation. I also play fast modern rhythms for long periods using bounce breathing techniques. |
| Heath from USA |
Up to 2 min |
Amazed my family |
| Henry from USA |
30-40 min |
When playing the didgeridoo for an extended time. I've noticed that the instrument becomes "alive" it's produces a vibration with which my own breath becomes a part of my awareness of what is around me heightens and shows me images of a different reality. |
| Iain from United Kingdom |
1 hour + |
The real joy is when you 'become one' with the instrument and the rhythm - leading to an almost trance like state - Or when jamming with others the joy of being a part of something a 'collective pleasure' to the players and audience |
| Ian from Italy |
20-25 min |
Peace |
| Ian Taylor from United Kingdom |
5-10 min |
If I don't get the pressure right slight breathless |
| Imre from Hungary |
5-10 min |
Generally I change the slow and fast parts. |
| Jacob Vincent from USA |
5-10 min |
It's my therapy |
| James from USA |
10-15 min |
Not bad I played with my grandson (7) |
| James Mott from USA |
1 hour + |
After an hour or so it becomes very natural like breathing. |
| Jamie Slater from United Kingdom |
5-10 min |
It's a buzz. |
| Jason from USA |
1 hour + |
My face vibrates and resonates and tingles for a long time afterwards. My lips swell and become numb. I feel extremely relaxed. |
| Jesse Vann from USA |
Can play but not circular |
I use it to focus my inner peace. I works on me like Zen Meditation but faster |
| Jesus from Spain |
Up to 2 min |
For me it is quite hard but I'll keep practicing!:-) |
| Joachim from Brazil |
5-10 min |
Altered states of consciousness |
| Anonymous from USA |
2-5 min |
I almost passed out from lack of breath |
| Joshua from USA |
Up to 2 min |
Meditative. |
| Judy Echols from USA |
30-40 min |
If it is an easy one to play I think that it is no harder to do than breathing. I get a bit of a puddle at the end of the didj sometimes and my lip goes from a buzzing feeling to a weird feeling of having a hair or something drawn across it when I stop. |
| Jussi from Finland |
15-20 min |
Makes a good lung exercise and works against asthma the same way as swimming partly under water. Both use controlled breathing out. To learn the nuances of good playing it is necessary to learn to keep the drone on a bit longer. |
| Justin from United Kingdom |
2-5 min |
Initially it's trying to make lots of animal noises for the first minute or so; after that I get lost in my playing and try to form rhythms. |
| Katarina from Serbia |
2-5 min |
I can play 3-4 minutes using circular breathing then I must take a break. I am a beginner. |
| Kyle from Canada |
3 hours + |
First time I ever played past an hour was for a cat I watched get hit by a car I felt the energy and vibration would make the cat be in less pain |
| Lauren from USA |
10-15 min |
I'm honestly not good enough yet to go for too long an increment of time but I feel the longer you play continuously the more at peace the action becomes. |
| Lindsey from USA |
Up to 2 min |
This instrument is almost the only one that once I start playing I lose myself time and cannot remember what I played but everyone who hears it is enchanted and made extremely curious by it. I did not realize how far it carries and was nearly tossed out of a Native American Pow Wow for playing over the announcer without realizing it until I saw everyone turned around looking at me including the announcer! |
| Marc Kalmanson from USA |
Can play but not circular |
I have played some bamboo didj's here in the USA but have never seen an authentic Aboriginal didj. I have never been able to have enough money to purchase an authentic didj and didn't want to buy one that was not from Australia. I hope to save enough money to buy one but the economic situation has left us in a very difficult situation. I do have an authentic Native American flute made by a Cherokee that I play. It is made of red Cedar. |
| Anonymous |
Can play but not circular |
Awesome |
| Mark Webster from USA |
15-20 min |
I fairly routinely play my Didj while walking my dog in the mornings which takes about 15-20 mins. which is how I learned to circular breathe. Because I was walking blowing/making sounds trying to "get it"...finally getting to a point of walking and not "thinking" about trying to circular breathe it just happened naturally...my Body just started doing what IT knew was supposed to happen. |
| Mark from New Zealand |
Up to 2 min |
I want to go for longer but I haven't found the state of mind yet |
| Michael from USA |
2-5 min |
I have only been playing for short while and actually I am just starting to learn circular breathing. I am still quite new at all this but was amazed when I could play longer then 1 minute! |
| Michael from USA |
5-10 min |
I love it! |
| Michael Dehottay from Belgium |
25-30 min |
A profound quite moment a mystical trance experience |
| Michael from USA |
2-5 min |
My experience playing for long periods of time is that when playing a saliva gets in my way and prevents me from keeping my mouth in playing position. |
| Anonymous |
5-10 min |
I haven't played for a considerable length of time or was in the correct environment but given the correct environment and time I imagine it could be a deeply spiritual and meditative experience |
| Michael Tong Lee from Australia |
10-15 min |
I played for a group of visiting exchange teachers from China as they wandered through the Indigenous section of our library. I accompanied a band playing for a student farewell assembly |
| Moshe from Israel |
2-5 min |
It's difficult for me probably because of asthma but it's fun and sounds much better. |
| Neil Wakeling from United Kingdom |
15-20 min |
Just so totally in the flow and meditative experience with the breathing and energy - wonderful. |
| Pablo from Argentina |
2-5 min |
I believe my didge to be the worst in the world. Just because its carton made. Yes don't laugh.:) the texture of the sound is not good at all and basically the didge starts to get softer while you play. Anyway its the only thing similar to a didge I could find here. I have achieved the basic drone and I even got to do different kind of sounds. I have learned the basics of circular breathing but still I can't do it well.- |
| Anonymous from Canada |
1 hour + |
A trance state was induced. It didn't really feel like the two hours that I found out later it was. Felt more like a half hour. I don't think that I was really in my body anymore. The sound was no longer separate from myself. My breath became the impetus for the sonic texture. |
| Patrick from Australia |
50-60 min |
I have played for an hour But not usually more than 10 to 15 minutes |
| Patrick Temme from USA |
Can play but not circular |
I do not possess a real didj. I have a cardboard tube about 5 feet long that I use. I am practicing until I am able to afford a real didj. I am unable to circular breathe but am diligently working on it. |
| Patrick from USA |
50-60 min |
Almost put me to sleep. Felt very invigorated after though. I could still feel the vibrations. |
| Paul Bishop from USA |
10-15 min |
When I "get in the groove" it seems to be almost a spiritual experience. It takes little concentration and you can sort of drift. |
| Paul from USA |
2-5 min |
Still cannot get the full balance of air intake and expulsion. Tend to over intake and get lightheaded. |
| Peggy Adams from USA |
5-10 min |
Better relaxation and focus |
| Peggylynn Terrien from USA |
Can play but not circular |
It is very soothing meditative and healing to the soul the breathing and sounds you make ground you to mother earth like nothing else can |
| Petri Aitta-aho from Finland |
30-40 min |
I was in a "zone". Lips got very numb |
| Rafael Adorno from Brazil |
50-60 min |
That's amazing when you are playing the didgeridoo looks like you don't have body only spirit and we can pass it for the listening making a spiritual experience with no words to stress. |
| Ray Todd from USA |
5-10 min |
I average a little over 5 minutes each time I've warmed up long enough to circular breath. I feel a great sense of calm like meditation. Sometimes though my nose is buzzing so much I can't take it anymore and have to stop and rub it. This always makes me laugh. |
| Rex Womack from USA |
50-60 min |
After three minutes the Didgeridoo takes over and plays me. |
| Robert from USA |
20-25 min |
I used to play a small venue once a month. I would sit down and play for 4 or 5 hours stopping only to change didjeridus. At the end of the night I always felt extremely energized and couldn't sleep for a day or two. |
| Robert from USA |
25-30 min |
Almost trance-like. It's fun rewarding even healing to watch where the music goes. |
| Anonymous from USA |
15-20 min |
It is very relaxing and therapeutic. |
| Roi Redondo García from Spain |
2-5 min |
Alone at home and few sessions with other musicians |
| Romano from Italy |
30-40 min |
Trance and relaxation. Easy to focus on things after long sessions! |
| Anonymous |
2-5 min |
I have just started playing. The first time I played a didge I was able to do circular breathing. I am in the process of learning and extending my breathing time. |
| Roy Paramo from Spain |
25-30 min |
I frees your mind from everything your whole body and mind relaxes completely and you feel in an absolute peace. |
| Rual from USA |
15-20 min |
It is different every time |
| Sandra from Australia |
5-10 min |
At Byron Bay with friends we take turns every year as a group |
| Scott Watkins from USA |
Up to 2 min |
Apparently I can't pat my head and rub my belly for very long periods of time. It seems that after a period of time I forget were I'm at while circular breathing and forget to take a breath. Duh! No air no drone. |
| Steve from USA |
15-20 min |
Well...its a meditation for me.it takes me away... |
| Steve Jacobs from USA |
Can play but not circular |
I've often play at home and I'm getting better! The more I practice the more I relax and enjoy it. |
| Steve O'Neill from USA |
15-20 min |
It is a wonderful experience for sure. It is like an out of body experience. Once--On November 14th 2007 I was playing at a local pub. It was a very special night as it was the day before Steve Irwin Day on November 15. Steve was my hero so I dedicated my entire set to him. The didgeridoo sounded so unbelievable and as I was playing I fell into what I call "the zone" when I had an awesome "vision" --I saw images of Steve's life Crocs Goannas Elephants and Steve and his enthusiasm for life his family and wildlife all flashing through my mind like a waterfall! It was so amazing and I think the vision manifested itself through the sound of my Didgeridoo. A friend in the audience said that I played better than he has ever heard me play! It was an amazing experience to say the least! After the first song I received a round of applause which made me feel really great!! I then asked my friend Cameron to join me with his didge and we played another tune for Steve--even more amazing with two! Then I invited all the musicians in the audience to join us on the last song--a jam session of a sort. Cameron grabbed his drum and drummed while I played the didge and folks joined in with shakers a guitar foot stomping and then someone started to chant--I got chills--the energy in the room was so thick you could feel it--the sounds were real raw and powerful--so wonderful to be a part of! I have played my didge in caves on the side of Mt. Hood Oregon--a sleeping snow capped volcano on beaches in the forest and around the fire with friends. Every time I play I go into a zone of meditation--nothing outside matters--only the didge--only the sound. It is as if I am connected to everything--all life --all time. It is a very powerful and humbling experience that is very hard to describe. |
| Stuart Kirkpatrick from Bermuda |
25-30 min |
The totally relaxed feeling you have. More than just a meditative state.The satisfaction of playing something that soothing. I would play for longer but my lips keep going numb!! |
| Stuart Turner from USA |
5-10 min |
Breathtaking |
| Stuart from United Kingdom |
5-10 min |
I was accompanying a song - stopped at the end. |
| Sue Cadigan from USA |
Can play but not circular |
I feel like floating. I feel well. I feel happy. |
| Summergold Garfias from USA |
Can play but not circular |
Its puts me in a meditative state |
| Tanya Kendall from Canada |
25-30 min |
I get into a zone of relaxation...the authentic yidaki that I have provide a long deep trance...whereas the locally made Vancouver Island Arbutus one I have is more of a light superficial zone |
| Theresa from South Africa |
15-20 min |
Huge "head rush" & vibration in scull chest & solar plexus. Every other sense "numbs" |
| Todd Melville from Australia |
1 hour + |
The time gets away from you. Allows you to recharge the batteries and just play. The variation comes naturally. |
| Anonymous |
5-10 min |
It becomes very meditative. |
| Vincent from France |
15-20 min |
Too much oxygen in my brain I think I felt dizzy. It was kind of nice but I lost control of what happened around but I could keep playing and maintain the vibration. Interesting experience. |
| William from USA |
5-10 min |
My body is more exhilarated and also more relaxed at the same time probably from the different breathing technique and from experiencing the wonderful sounds being produced |
