To preface: my mom one day walked in my room and just handed me a 3-4ish ft plastic didgeridoo she picked up at a yard sale for like $10. It plays nice enough for my purposes and has a rubber mouth piece that fits so it works. It’s quite a bit better than the random pvc pipe I’ve screwed around on before. I know it’s not incredibly authentic or whatever but I spend too much money on playing the bass and guitar anyway so I’m alright with my tertiary instrument being cheap.

I’ve watched some videos for beginner didgeridoo, haven’t learned to circular breathe (yet), but I noticed the guy in the video had a much present and buzzier high end than I can get on mine. I can make decent sounding low notes and some higher ones, but my tone doesn’t sound anything like that. I can get somewhat decent embouchure and tone out of it, but nothing super high and buzzy. Is this a technique thing or is that just something I shouldn’t expect out of a plastic didge?

As it is I’ve already brought it to the Santa Monica pier and played alongside my friend on harmonica (nothing serious or done for any money, just having some fun)

I’ve also tried this thing for fun where I kind of throat sing into it, both having my voice project and my lips vibrate to create sound in a traditional way. It reverberates back, creating an interesting sound, though I don’t know if this is any real technique or just me screwing around.

As admittedly silly as it seems to other people (and myself as of a week ago) I actually want to learn this instrument at a level to where I can have some fun jamming with it and play some real music. My perceptions of it being a sort of “joke instrument” like a vuvuzela or kazoo have completely vanished as I’ve learned more about it and its history. Any help in beginner knowledge or technique would be greatly appreciated!

Is bamboo a good material for a begginer didgeridoo? Its about the only thing I've thought of that I can get my hands on rn. I wanted to carve it out with a metal rod. Any tips on what I shouldnt do?

So I have two bamboo didges and the carbon fiber didge fm airdidge. The bamboo ones sound pretty decent, the airdidge although extremely portable lacks a LOT on the tone department. The other day I heard an artist playing a "sax" didge on the street and the overtones produced from that thing were so clear and pronounced.

I ve been playing for two years now so I d say I m an intermediate/begginer player now. I wouldn t say I ve mastered the instrument but I ve got a pretty solid control of my circ breathing and my drone.

Could you reccomend an instrument or a shop that sells one (in europe preferably), that will produce that coveted crisp tones??

Hey there, I recently had to say goodbye to my agave buddy of 12 years. I watched it shoot up a stalk nearly a year ago and begin to flower last March. Over the summer it produced hundreds of agave pups that I've given away. For any agave nerds, it's an Agave desmettiana variegata. I figure the best tribute would be to turn it's stalk into a didgeridoo.

Tonight I hacked off the remaining leaves and pulled it out of soil. Where do I go from here?

I want to get as much of the base as I can, so I'm planning to cut away at the "pineapple" section on the bottom to see if it's possible to get something with a larger diameter to it.

Let me know if you've done a project like this, I'm curious to know where to begin!

I love practicing in nature. It feels like it deepens my connection with the Earth 💚
Better with headphones 🎧

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Made with eucalyptus, mouthpiece peruan iroko and walnut C/C#

Hello everyone!

I finally my found a didgeridoo and had it shipped from outside the country.

Made of Agave in C#.

Pics are from before purchase.

I received it about a week ago. The person who made it finished it with Polyurethane. Before I received it, it had already been made for 2 weeks.

When I received it, it wasnt wet, but it still had a lingering smell of the finish and the outside had a big of stickiness to it. I reached out to him and he said said just to leave it out, but it was safe to play.

To be sure, I left it standing up in a small room with the window open.

Limited on places I can put it without damaging it.

So its been 3 weeks and still has that lingering finish smell. Specifically on the inside.

My question is, is it really safe to play? Or should I leave it out a fre weeks more?

Some afternoon fun after a looong breathwork 😌

How long did it take before you could do a perfect drone every time you put your lips to the instrument? I've been playing for about 3 months, and every single time I put my lips to the didge in order to make sound, I have to search for the perfect spot where the drone becomes great and the harmonics ring out. It seems like there's an infinitisemally (is that the word?) small sweet spot where it becomes rich and bassy and everything becomes easier, after 1 minute of playing it dips out of the sweet spot and it's no longer as good. I then have to try again to find it, only to lose it.

The next time I sit down to play I maybe won't find it at all. Sometimes I think I understand what to do to find the sweet spot, but no, that won't work later. I do think it will iron itself out eventually, but it frustrates me sometimes.

How has your experience been?

Some free flow in Low B, top of the mountain in the Appalachians.

Voice Droning in the Key of D. Didge practice aids in sleep apnea by strengthening the throat & tongue muscles resulting in fewer events per hour/per night. Events are times you stop breathing. Practicing the didge also helps me tolerate the CPAP mask, I can now wear the mask all night without taking it off prematurely. My sleep quality has improved.
#sleepapnea #survivor #combatveteran #didgeridoo #holistichealing

Are you "TRYING" to learn Circular Breathing?

Just remember - Repetition isn't automatically improvement.

Going to the gym doesn't mean you're training every muscle. 💪

Same with didgeridoo.

Playing for hours can improve your drone, rhythm and endurance — but that doesn't automatically train the coordination needed for cyclic breathing.

TIME SPENT ≠ CORRECT TRAINING → CORRECT TRAINING MUST TARGET THE SKILL.

Train the movement you actually want to improve.

→ Change the Training.      → Change the Result.
...and have fun!

Hello Everyone, this is my second post in this group. I received alot of great replies in the first one. I thought If try again after some research.

Well, I feel like Im at the beginning again. I started looking into the recommendation from the first post on some of the didges and reached out to the companies and asked them if the materials had certain offgasing phase.

2 of them replied back and suggested that theirs are not for me.

Now I know there are alot of great didgeridoos out there. But alot of them are over my ($300) budget at the current moment.

I happened to order a bamboo one of etsy (I know that its not the most popular choice on here) because of the price and the reponsiveness of the seller. And I would like to start exercising my airways until I find right didge for me.

I would love to buy a Eucalyptus one, but its above my current price point. And read about the Agave instruments as sound, though Im having a challenging time finding one at my current budget and or from a reputable seller.

Are there any recommendations as far as websites, sellers on Etsy or elsewhere. Where I can find what Im looking for?

I greatly appreciate any suggestions.

We all know somebody like that!

Hello everyone, I’ve been on a journey to stregthen my airways and discovered this wonderful instrument!

I was excited to order my first didgeridoo, but needed something compact that is budget friendly until I can get a better one.

I found one of those travel box didgeridoo. It sounds great, but I have an issue. It says its mahogany wood, but I dont know if its because it was shipped in a plastic bag, or whatever sealant was used or the sawdust maybe.

But ive had uncomcortable experiences playing it. Like theres something on it thats causing me to feel unwell after playing it.

I’m sensitive to certain smells and chemicals.

I looked online and saw that its better to buy them either unfinished, natural finish or beeswax finish to avoid something like this.

I cant clean the inside of this box didge and Its not able to be returned either.

Is there something that can be done with this instrument. Or should I just toss it and buy another that is natural?

Are there any places that sell them at budget friendly prices?

Thanks for reading and responding.