Name and Country |
What shape or features do you think a didgeridoo should have so it can be used for 'traditional style' playing? |
| Alan Thornsberry from USA |
Nice curve to the wood with a good bell on the end |
| Alexander Keane from USA |
I think any natural shape of the piece of wood could feasibly be used, though many digderidoos I've seen are curved like a saxophone. |
| Anonymous from Spain |
I don't know |
| Andrew from USA |
I especially like the natural looking didgeridoos with wavy curves and exposed grain. So it looks like it just came off the tree. |
| Andri from Switzerland |
Conical shape |
| Angus Liedtke from Canada |
Low key, good backpressure. |
| Aydan from United Kingdom |
None, they are all unique! |
| Benoit from France |
I have no idea! I can't even conceive the many number of different traditional styles from region to region and person to person each has his taste. For a Yidaki I imagine a thin and long in proportion didj. With very little taper nor fanciness in shape. Smaller compared to 'modern' didj, ranged between 1m and 1m30. Occasionally (and therefore fit for special occasions) they could be much longer 1m80 (and maybe more?) but its not the standard. The thin bore lets you feel the string of air, which you fiddle with your tongue easy! I guess (also because of the thin light shape?) that the toot bursts off easy very close in sound to the drone so you can place them nicely in your rhythm. |
| Blake Simpson from USA |
Mouthpiece Bell |
| Brad Bevis from Australia |
I don't think it matters what shape the didge is, as long as it 'traditionally made |
| Anonymous |
Tubular and smooth inside and certain lengths to produce different key sounds |
| Anonymous from Australia |
A eucalyptus branch that has been hollowed out by termites length and shape depending on what the tree is like, For a meditative style of playing a didj it will be a lot longer and have a larger bell with a lower tone, For a rhythmic style didj will be a lot thinner and have a higher pitch. |
| Anonymous |
Hallow, opening on one end that fits over mouth, proper length range to be able to get a drone sound going on it. |
| Anonymous |
I do not know. |
| Carole Stedronsky from USA |
It needs to have a shape which enables the player to create a range of evocative traditional music and sound, using circular breathing. |
| Anonymous |
Be long enough and have a good sound |
| Anonymous |
Long and hollow |
| Cathy from Canada |
The wood it comes from,shape of the hollow inside plus the length and openings on either end will produce the Didgeridoos own unique sound and chord. |
| Charles from USA |
Shape can vary, long and straight or bent. It should be from eucalyptus wood hollowed by termites with beeswax mouthpiece. The main concern would be the tone quality. The drawings and dots add to the spiritualistic significance of the instrument |
| Craig from USA |
Somewhat of a bell, I suppose, but this is probably wrong. |
| Curtis Hegwood Sr from USA |
Shape is determined by the wood collected |
| Daniel from Australia |
They come in all shapes and sizes! It's the way it's played, not the way it looks. |
| Danny from USA |
Cylindrical straight tube |
| Danny from Belgium |
Long, very long didge with a big bell |
| Darin from USA |
Real didj's aren't necessarily straight and are sometimes rough. |
| Anonymous |
Long |
| Diane from USA |
Long, narrower at the mouth piece and wider at the end |
| Donat from Belgium |
No idea... |
| Eddy from Australia |
Sound quality would be important, I don't think shape would play a part. probably would be in higher pitches like e as to be played fast. |
| Eldor Karow from Germany |
I don't know |
| Anonymous |
Handmade from termite hollowed Eucalyptus wood. hollow tube, mouth opening 35-50mm, wider at exit, length 90cm to 180cm or more. |
| Anonymous |
Long |
| Anonymous from Canada |
Shaped like a pole |
| Ian from USA |
Any as long as it is made by the Aboriginals. |
| Jackie Mcdonald from USA |
Simple shape, simple features such as no extreme or elaborate paint. |
| Jakub Brezina from Czech Republic |
Hollow trunk |
| Jason Kitching from Canada |
Any. |
| Anonymous |
Perhaps a horn shape at the end |
| Jeff from USA |
Straight, no bell and very little taper. A drier sound. |
| Jeff from USA |
It should have a beeswax mouthpiece, keep the natural curve of the branch and be wider at the far end than the mouth end. |
| Anonymous |
It should be hollowed by termites. |
| Anonymous from Australia |
Hollow with only top and bottom hole, comfortable mouth area, good quality wood |
| Jim Sziklas from USA |
A small mouth and neck for better backpreasure and a larger Bell for the BOOM and Resonance |
| John from Australia |
Got to be hollowed by termites |
| John Wilbur from Canada |
Minimum 1 meter in length, narrow end slowly tapering to bell of various sizes. |
| Anonymous |
Long fat stick shaped, usually wood color |
| Kat Fox from USA |
A wide bell so it can be loud. It should be ornate and created by an Aboriginal person. Made of eucalyptus. Very long in a key from a d to an f. |
| Anonymous from USA |
A general, loosely defined tubular shape, but not necessarily straight |
| Anonymous |
Really don't know. New to this more or less. |
| Anonymous |
A cylinder shape log that has been hollowed out just write and has been worked by a trained craftsmen |
| Kurt Hardesty from USA |
Not sure. Just now learning to play. |
| Laurent from USA |
Honestly, I'm not really sure what traditional style playing is. I've heard Steve Roach, David Hudson, Andrew Langford, Allen Smith play, but I have yet to listen to truly traditional style playing. Harder to get that input in USA. |
| Lucas Rodriguez from Spain |
I think that the aboriginal people played what the earth provides in that moment |
| Anonymous |
Large and cylindrical |
| Anonymous |
It needs to be long, and carved from pandanus. |
| Michael Sare from USA |
Longer and natural with bees wax at the mouth pease |
| Miguel from Portugal |
I don't own a didgeridoo, but I like the healing type. good for travellers. |
| Nathan from USA |
It should be made from a naturally hollowed out tree. Typically these are not straight nor do they have the same bore throughout the pipe. Traditional didgers might also have a bit of bark left on it, sort of as a decoration. they do not have a definite size but usually range from e (above middle c) down to A (in the bass clef). |
| Anonymous from USA |
Any. a didgeridoo can be played in the "traditional" style regardless of shape or features (personal opinion) |
| Anonymous |
Not experienced enough with the instrument and "traditional style" playing to give an educated answer, although I'd like to be. |
| Noreen from USA |
Long/ good resonance/ ability to be played seated on the ground/ loud |
| Oliver Mullins from USA |
Larger bell or flange |
| Padraic from USA |
Preferably a resonant wood and good overall tone. The more unique the better. |
| Peter Britney from USA |
Don't know all are unique to me and I don't know different styles and didjes are all amazing and beautiful no matter what "style" or name is given to the way someone plays |
| Pieter Pieter from Netherlands |
I don't know, I never played an didgeridoo before, I practice on a pvc pipe. Personally I like the ones that are really long with a sort of ''bowl'' on the end. |
| Ricardo Mella Vivanco from Chile |
Tubular, a bit conic, long 1 and a half meter at least with big opening at the end |
| Richard Appleton from USA |
Made from hard Australian wood, hollowed out correctly |
| Robin Dewan from Finland |
Shape or features don't matter |
| Anonymous |
Curved not completely straight. Favourite animals or worshiped creatures (turtle) |
| Simon from Australia |
Not sure on this. Comfortable length |
| Stane Andolšek from Slovenia |
It must be on C#, it must be termite hollowed and with traditional paintings and connected with traditional ceremonies.. |
| Anonymous |
2"+ wide 3'6"+ long |
| Vincent from USA |
Long and tall |
| William Coon from USA |
No idea |
| William Wilkie from USA |
It could be made a little shorter and have wheels or some other method of easing its mobility. |
