Proper Embouchure for the Didgeridoo

Video Transcript

"Hi, I am voice over artist James Benedict on behalf of Expert Village. This video is about learning how to play the Didgeridoo. I would like to share a few secrets with you. Now, the moment you have been waiting for, how to play the Didgeridoo. We have to start out with the embouchure. You tighten the corners of your lips right here and blow through the center leaving this part of the mouth loose. Now, before you laugh, this is what you have to do to play. If you ever played a trumpet, a trombone, a tuba or another brass instrument you had to do it back then. If you didn't, start from scratch. It is really easy. You want to practice that for a day or two before you start to really get a feel for how this thing sounds. When you first start out you are probably going to sound a little something like this, which is not what you want to get out of the Didgeridoo. If that's what it sounds like, then your lips are pursed too tightly. Its way to high pitched. Try something more along the lines of big bumble bee not small bumble bee. Let's give it a try. That's the basic tone of the Didgeridoo."