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Learning Process of Playing the Didgeridoo.
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Didgeridoo Healing Applications A 2005 study in the British Medical Journal found that learning and practicing the didgeridoo helped reduce snoring and sleep apnea by strengthening muscles in the upper airway, thus reducing their tendency to collapse during sleep. This strengthening occurs after the player read more... |
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Story of the Didgeridoo's Discovery Archaeological studies of rock art in Northern Australia suggests that the Aboriginal people of the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory have been using the didgeridoo for at least 1,500 years, based on the dating of paintings on cave walls and shelters from this period. A clear rock read more... |
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Build a Didgeridoo Under $5. Due to the simplisity of the instrument, a didgeridoo can be constructed these days for a very inexpensive cost. To start off, you will need to compile a few simple objects which are available from your local hardware store. The body will be made of PVC pipe which is available at most hardware stores. The only other piece you will need is a mouthpiece for your PVC didgeridoo. You can find one of these mouthpieces online by clicking here. Necessary Ingredients... You will need to obtain a PVC pipe that is 1 1/2" in diameter. A 10 foot PVC pipe should run you somewhere in the neighborhood of $3 to $4. The mouthpiece is $2.50. So you may be good at math and be thinking $4 plus $2.50 is $6.50 ! ! ! That is more than $5... You are correct that $6.50 is more than $5, but here is the catch. That 10 foot PVC pipe is going to make you two didgeridoos. PVC pipe does not tend to come in a 5 foot piece, but that is the size we are after. So, to correct the math problem here, $4 divided by two gets you $2. $2 for the PVC pipe plus $2.50 for the mouthpiece is $4.50. Just under five bucks. Okay so now that we have the math worked out, how about the construction? Now that you have all of the necessary pieces, the first step is to measure off the 5 foot piece of PVC pipe and cut it. You can use a common hack saw, but please be careful and don't cut yourself. Use under adult supervision if you are a youngster. The last step is to pop on the mouthpiece. If you got the correct size PVC pipe (1 1/2" diameter) then the rubber mouthpiece should pop right into place. Once the mouthpiece has a nice snug fit, you can test out your brand new didgeridoo. Now to polish it off... The didgeridoo you have just built is 100% playable and highly durable. But you may want a more personalized look. If you have access to a heat gun you can heat up the PVC pipe and carefully bend it into various shapes. Again, please be careul at this point, I don't want people visiting the forum with stories of how you just burned down your house or hurt yourself with this advise. So please use in a well ventilated area, wear safety goggles and work gloves for this procedure. The final step... To finish off your personalization of the PVC didgeridoo it is time to paint it up! Get a spray can of your favorite colors and some masking tape. Start off by placing the masking tape all over the didgeridoo where you do not want any color. Then spray the entire didgeridoo. Once the paint drys you can remove the masking tape. You can then continue this process with various colors for a multi-colored didgeridoo. Of course if you do not want to go through all of these steps to make a PVC didgeridoo, there are a variety of affordable PVC didgeridoos which look and sound great and are available online here. |
