How to Breathe When Playing the Didgeridoo

You love the deep, tribal sound of a didgeridoo so much that you're thinking about learning how to play one. But the first time you pick one up, you may find it's hard to breathe and play a didgeridoo. Learning how to breathe when playing the didgeridoo is really important to effectively play the instrument.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Try breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth. Put your hand on your stomach and note if your stomach moves. Breathe like this for a minute and count how many breaths you're doing.

2. Start breathing in through the nose breathing so deeply that your stomach rises. Fill your lungs completely with air.

3. Breathe out, getting all the air out of your lungs.

4. Practice breathing like this for one minute and see how many breaths you take for a minute. You'll find that to make your stomach rise, to completely fill up your lungs, you don't need to take as many breaths as you did before. To play a didgeridoo, you need to be able to extend your breaths to last 5 to 10 seconds.

5. Know that once you learn how to breathe when playing the didgeridoo, you should be able to play it for a full minute without having to stop to breathe.

6. Practice your breathing repeatedly so you're comfortable breathing this way before you start playing the didgeridoo.