Name and Country |
What is the most common question people ask you about the didgeridoo? |
What do you answer? |
Aleksandar from Macedonia (fyr) |
Is it really wooden? Isn't it made of clay? How can it make that sound? |
Yes it is wooden. It makes that sound because of the special treatment the wood had during the process of making the didj. |
Allen from USA |
How is it made? |
Hollowed out by termites. |
Andrew from USA |
How do you play it? |
Its Hard- Takes some patients and time and Soul |
Angus from Canada |
Where did you get your didgeridoo? |
From a online store |
Anonymous |
How do you make that sound? |
It's really simple:P |
Ashley from USA |
What is a didgeridoo? and how do u play it? |
A didgeridoo is an instrument that has been played all over the world for thousands of years. make your mouth make a buzzing sound similar to playing a brass instrument. |
Barney from USA |
What's that? |
Its a tree branch that has been hallowed out by termites in Australia. The Aborigines have played it for centuries. Some feel that it has meditative and healing abilities. |
Brian from USA |
Why do you want to play a didgeridoo? |
If you learn to play the didj you would understand;-) |
Anonymous from Switzerland |
Are they difficult to play. |
To start with yes. |
Carol Roughgarden from USA |
What is a didgeridoo? |
It's the oldest known wind instrument native to the Aborigines of Australia. |
Chris from Canada |
Is it difficult to play? |
No it takes a bit to get used to but once you can get the basic drone sound you are well on your way. |
Anonymous |
Is It hard to play? |
No just requires some learning |
Anonymous from Australia |
Have you ever played a didgeridoo before? |
A few times but every time I've tried I got embarrassed and let someone else try. |
Anonymous from USA |
Can you circle breath. |
Yes its tricky. But its like riding a bike. |
Anonymous |
How do you make circular sound |
Through continuous breathing and practice |
Anonymous |
What is that you're playing? |
A didgeridoo |
Dustin from USA |
How do you do that breathing thing? |
Id tell them to fill their mouths with water and push it out not using their lungs just their cheeks and tongue while taking a small sniff in through the nose at the same time. and proceed to explain the rest of the steps involved in making that practice fun and enjoyable. |
Ed from Netherlands |
What's the fun to play a didgeridoo |
Just when you once try and you get a sound out of it....your sold you want to try more and more...it hits you |
Anonymous |
How do you play it? |
Usually I'll demonstrate flubbering my lips then show them how to do it into the didj. |
Anonymous |
Do you know how to play? |
Sort of still working on finer sounds and circular breathing. |
Anonymous |
How do you learn circular breathing and get different sounds? |
Practice using a pvc pipe blowing into a bucket of water to learn breathing and use your tongue and cheek compression to vary sounds. |
Giovanni from USA |
What is that? |
Didgeridoo. (then I need to explain what a didgeridoo is because majority of the people that ask about it in the USA do not know what a Didgeridoo is) |
Anonymous |
How did I learn to circular breathe? |
I looked up tutorials online and then I proceed to give them a lesson if they have time. |
Hans from Belgium |
Can you play it for me? |
Sure let me turn it on first |
Hector from Spain |
How do you make this thing sound like this? |
I explain them how I do it if they are really interested |
Henry from USA |
What do you call that thing you're playing? |
It's called a didgeridoo or yidaki. |
Howard from USA |
What is it? |
Let me show you. Then I play it and explain what it is about and where it came from |
Ines Villegas from USA |
I haven't had people asking me about the Didgeridoo. |
I don't know much about. I have experienced it when a mexican man comes to the area and plays it. |
Istvan from Hungary |
Why are you interested in that piece of wood? |
Because it is so much more than a piece of hollow wood. It represents a lifestyle a way of living despite of all the hardship that mother nature can throw at us. |
Janusz from Poland |
What is Didgeridoo? Why u carry baseball stick, u want to beat somebody? (When in bag) |
"I'm sure you know the sound of this instrument its quite popular in e.g. movies music" They don't understand...... I'm making a sound with my mouth if I can't show didge at the moment and they understand then. |
Jason Hilliard from USA |
What is it? |
An Australian Wind instrument crafted out of eucalyptus wood that has been hollowed out by termites! |
Anonymous |
What is the reason you want to play the didj? |
To be at peace to learn to slow things down to capture the spirit intended by the ancestors of the didj. |
João Aguilar from Portugal |
It's funny because almost all the people ask, hey man how do you do that? and when I try to explain it's always a lot of laughing ehehe |
I answer that they got to blow with their lips loose ( I'm portuguese sorry for my english:P ) and then I tell them to try to move their tongue like the are whistling to create different notes I say to use their voice.. man if the person who asks me gets interested as I get we got hours of talking and playing ehehe |
Anonymous from USA |
Do you circular breath? |
Working hard at it. |
John Munday from USA |
Is it hard to play? |
It's easy to make most of the sounds but circular breathing takes quite a bit of practice. |
John Popyk from USA |
How do you make those sounds with a hollow tube. |
Practice practice practice |
Johnny Copley from USA |
How do you keep the sound constantly going? |
Through a process called circular breathing. It's when you allow your cheeks to fill up with air and use your cheeks and tongue to force that air out as you inhale through the nose. |
Anonymous |
How do you circle breath? |
Fill up your lungs and buzz your lips then hold your last bit of air in your cheeks and use your cheek mussels to push out the air while doing that close off your throat and take a quick breath through your nose... and repeat. |
Judy Echols from USA |
Are you doing that circular breathing thing? |
I hope so. |
Anonymous |
What is it? |
It's like a flute |
Anonymous |
How do you play? |
You must keep your lips loose and not blow too hard. |
Anonymous |
Do they all make the same sound/pitch? |
No each and every didgeridoo is unique. |
Kenny Brooks from USA |
How do you play it? |
By learning how to breathe circular |
Kristin from Canada |
Aren't they really hard to play? |
Well yes they are but isn't learning how to use it part of the beauty of playing any instrument?. |
Kurt Bendl from USA |
What is it |
An instrument. The aboriginals in Australia have played for thousands of years. They're made from tree limbs that have been hollowed out by termites! |
Lindsey from Canada |
What is it |
I explain it is an Australian instrument that produces an amazing sound unparallelled to any other wind instrument |
Lisa Hallam from Canada |
What is it exactly |
An australian aboriginal wood instrument that has a beautiful haunting tone. |
Anonymous |
What is it |
Australian Aboriginal instrument |
Marco from Italy |
How did you discover that instrument? It's so strange! |
I love ethnic instruments and...it's not so strange: try it out! |
Marko from Slovenia |
Is it hard to circular breathe |
At start but it can be learned |
Marzia from Italy |
What is that? |
A ancient instrument of the Australian aborigine. |
Matthew Stoneburner from USA |
What is it called? |
A Didgeridoo |
Maurice Crenshaw from USA |
How does it sound continuously? |
Circular breathing Practice practice practice |
Anonymous from Australia |
Isn't it really hard to learn circular breathing??? |
Yes |
Anonymous |
Where can I buy a didgeridoo? |
At www.didgshop.com |
Mike from USA |
What is it? |
I tell them that it is an Australian Aborigine woodwind instrument that is made from eucalyptus trees that have been naturally hollowed out by termites for several months. |
Murray from Australia |
How do you play it? |
You vibrate your lips |
Nikhil from India |
What the hell is that? |
"Dude..u don't know what a didgeridoo is...??? are you from planet Zoltan or something." and then I tell em what its all about. |
Nikki from USA |
Do you need to blow or suck into the instrument? |
A bit of both! |
Anonymous from Netherlands |
What is that? How does it sound? |
It's originally from Australia played by the Aboriginals. It's actually wooden pipe hollowed out by termites. Some say it is the oldest wind-instrument in the world. How does it sound? *toot* |
Otto from Finland |
Where did you get the idea to start playing this instrument? |
I've always known it to sound great and one day I just decided to start playing. |
Patrick Franko from USA |
My lovely lady asks our two pups, "What is that sound, oh, what is that sound?" |
I don't. She answers the question. She tells our doggies "It's the foghorn again yes it's the foghorn again." |
Paul Sedgwick from USA |
Is there something inside it that makes it sound like that? |
Nope. The didgeridoo is essentially a hollow tube. It acts as an amplifier for the vibration of my lips. |
Peter Gabor Balazs from Hungary |
Oh, its very difficult? |
No. Its natural product and the technique is also natural. |
Robert from USA |
How do you play it. How do you do that whole Circular Breathing thing. |
I'm still learning but something like this.. Pbbbbbbbpt! |
Robert from USA |
Is it hard to play? How did you get it back home on the airplane? |
It takes practice but if you can make the raspberry sound you have half the battle won. I had the didj shipped. |
Ron from USA |
General questions about where didj came from |
True authentic didj are made by the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia |
Ruben Dewulf from Belgium |
How can I circular bread? |
I say you need your tongue to the upper part of your palate the jaws his ball and then breathe through the nose and jaws simultaneously convex air in the didge presses |
Ryan Holbrook from USA |
What is it? |
An indigenous Australian Aboriginal woodwind instrument |
Salvatore Augeri from France |
What is it his origin? |
Australia |
Anonymous from Russia |
People don't ask me about it |
No question no answer |
Sergio Ruiz Sierra from Mexico |
What is that and how you performance? |
A didgeridoo australian aboriginal instrument you have to know circulatory breathing to performance the sound comes from the soul |
Shannon from USA |
What is it? |
I remind them of the opening credit for Survivor. |
Sheila Cash from USA |
Where to get one |
Now I can answer the Didjshop.com! |
Anonymous from Canada |
What's that??? |
A didgeridoo!!! |
Stéphane Eduardo Longtin from Canada |
How do you do the circular breath |
First of all it's a matter of time and practice if you want to try image your mouth like a balloon of air and you have to compress it controlling your mouth playing and inhale by the nose the air from the throat must be cut. |
Anonymous from USA |
What is that thing? |
It's a musical instrument devised by the aboriginal people of Australia. |
Stew from USA |
Can I play it? |
Yes! badly |
Anonymous from USA |
I'm just starting. I haven't played in public. |
See above. |
Zachary from USA |
How do you play it? |
Kind of like a trumpet hard at first but it gets easier with time and practice. |
