How to Create Your Own Didgeridoo Style

Video Transcript

"Another great way to get a huge variety of sounds out of this instrument is to start to incorporate your own voice into the way that you play. The native aboriginal players have a habit of using animal sounds from their own environment incorporating that. That can be anything from yelps and growls, whatever kind of strange noises you can make. When you throw those into the sound you get some really interesting combinations. If this is our basic drown we can throw vocal sounds along with it. Once again, it's all fair game. Whatever you want to try, it's all fun, it's all part of the way you play the instrument. As that stuff starts to get more comfortable, you can also do something where you're simply singing pitches along with that basic drown. The best way to start with that is to match the basic tone of the instrument that you're playing. In this case, it's a low E. If this is our low E, the fundamental. I simply sing that pitch along with it. The only tricky part to it is somehow you're going to have to match the airflow from your plane along with your singing voice. That can take some practice. As it gets comfortable you can not only match that pitch but plays harmonies with it. "