Rhythmic Patterns on the Didgeridoo

Video Transcript

"Let's talk about articulation. What we mean by articulation really is just that you're breaking up the airflow so that you can create rhythmic pattern and not just have a steady drown the entire time, although that may be what you use at certain times. Basically the way to articulate is to use consonants as you're playing in addition to some of those vowel sounds that we used to get different colors. You're going to use consonants. Especially things like T and D as you're playing. When we have a basic drown we can break it up by saying the T or D. Again, it's pretty much wide open. However, you want to experiment getting different sounds but with different vowels, different kinds of consonants and combine them any way that you like. The other way to articulate is to actually use just puffs of air either coming from your diaphragm or coming from your cheeks. That's another way to break up the sound so that it's not a constant drown. Those are little puffs of air that are coming from the diaphragm by going. Playing those as part of the overall drown. You can also do things with your cheeks, using the air in your cheeks."