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n8rxs
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Didjeridooers
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Sep 28 04:26 UTC 1995 |
Would anyone interested in playing the didjeridoo, or rather its PVC picepe
equivalent, send me some email? I'm looking for others with the same interest.
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scott
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response 1 of 52:
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Sep 28 11:12 UTC 1995 |
Yeah, I've been interested, but didn't think there was a decent cheap
alternative. How would I get started?
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ojsimson
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response 2 of 52:
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Sep 28 20:19 UTC 1995 |
I'm interested, but I didn't know of any inexpensive alternatives like PVC
pipe. Tell me how.....
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n8rxs
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response 3 of 52:
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Sep 29 04:39 UTC 1995 |
I'm pretty pleased with the results from four feet of 1.5" diameter PVC pipe
rounded at the mouth piece end. Most people seem to prefer using beeswax for
a softer place to put your mouth.
I'm glad to get such a quick response. I'll try to pull some stuff off the
web sites I've been looking at on this subject to post here. I think the most
useful info is lists of good didjeridoo featruing music. So far I've just got
the two CD's from the libarary, thouhgh one featrures Dr Didj (Wiggins)
who is very well known.
I'll figure out how to post it here froor general access.
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rcurl
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response 4 of 52:
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Sep 29 06:32 UTC 1995 |
I thought I had seen something about this instrument in the Elderly
catalog - I found it, but they call it a dijeridus. The only have
expensive versions of the instruments, but also carry a couple of
books and cassettes (the spellings in the titles are variously
didgeridu and didgeridoo). I've never heard one, to my knowledge.
But I couldn't take it up, since I'm still working on the jaw harp.
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n8rxs
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response 5 of 52:
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Oct 1 17:20 UTC 1995 |
I'm going to have to get with you on the
jaw harp too. I can even lay hands on an
antique one, though it works just the same
as my rusty one I use all the time.
You can get jaw harp type sounds from
a didjeridoo, at least I think it sounds
like one when I try.
The expensive versions are going to be the
wodden ones. The reason I play the PVC one
is that Herb David's guitar studio was asking
$50 for a bambo one and it wasn't worth that.
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rcurl
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response 6 of 52:
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Oct 1 18:05 UTC 1995 |
The didgeridoos from Elderly start at $150....
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n8rxs
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response 7 of 52:
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Oct 3 06:10 UTC 1995 |
If I did everything correctly you should find many interesting files
in my dirdectory /home/n8rxs about didjeridoos.
the command CAT followed bye /home/n8rxs/<filename> ought to yield the
resluts (results).
diddisc.txt - a list of discs featuring didjeridoos
(above should be didjdisc.txt)
didjmyth.txt - history and stories about
didjcons.txt = making the things
didjcnstr.txt - more about making the things
didjerid.txt - more general info
ddjplyng.txt - playing didjeridoos. Trashed the advanced lessons, will have to
post laters.
Let me know if you can't read these for some reason.
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rcurl
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response 8 of 52:
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Oct 3 15:39 UTC 1995 |
What's the web site for these? That was quite a list of discs! I had
no idea the thing had had so much attention. I'll have to hear one.
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scott
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response 9 of 52:
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Oct 3 15:49 UTC 1995 |
I've copied all the files, and I'll be reading them. It'll be more than
a week before I can do much, but expect to hear from then.
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rcurl
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response 10 of 52:
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Oct 3 18:45 UTC 1995 |
Having now scanned the disc list more completely - what *one* disk
would you recommend to obtain the best impression of classic didji
music, performed in the most authentic manner (not Silent Night on
the didji, please....).
o
(I was just in write-help...sorry)
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n8rxs
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response 11 of 52:
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Oct 4 04:39 UTC 1995 |
I have o0nly listened to three of the discs myself, so I can't be too much
help on that question right now. Let you know after a bit lnger. I plan to
buy a disc of traditional aboriginal work next to compare.
I never remember the address for these web pages. I always get to them through
a web search program. I'll have to watch the connection stuff that flashes on
the bottom of my screen next time.
I notice the posting from the Michigan didjeridoo enthusiast lists him with
the call W8UR by thbe way. Mastery of basic didjeridoo playing is not yet
part of the ham license exams though I can send CQ.
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scott
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response 12 of 52:
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Oct 22 19:03 UTC 1995 |
I built a didjeridoo today!
I got a piece of 1.5" PVC, and cut off a 4 foot section. I also got sort of
a reducer piece to use as a mouthpiece... It fits over the pipe, and has a
set of theads for something smaller... The inside diameter is about 1.25
inches. I'm currently melting some wax for the mouthpiece, although I'm not
sure I need it.
It works pretty good, with the best sound coming from the side of my mouth
rather than straight-on into the mouthpiece.
Cool!
(except that now I have to learn circular breathing...any hints?)
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scott
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response 13 of 52:
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Oct 26 17:00 UTC 1995 |
OK, status report: I haven't done *anything* to decorate my PVC pipe dij yet.
I did put some wax onto the mouthpiece, which makes it a lot softer than the
hard (and somewhat sharp) plastic.
Details: 4 feet of 1.5" PVC pipe. I did heat up the end and push it down
over a beer bottle to give it a little flare. The mouthpiece is a reducer
fitting, 1.5" to 1.25" with outside threads on the small side (this is the
closest fitting I've found in local hardware stores, although a trip to Home
Quarters might yield something better). I melted some beeswax (available at
older hardwrae stores, or perhaps good sporting goods stores) and dipped the
small end of the mouthpiece a few times. the first time I built up too much,
resulting in a too-small opening, so I had to carve it off, remelt it and dip
again. the mouthpiece fits very nicely over the plain end of the PVC pipe,
good seal but easy to remove. I also tried a 3 foot pipe, which was too high
pitched, and a 6 foot which was also impossible to play.
Circular breathing is getting easier. The tricky things are:
1. Getting to where you can store enough air to keep the thing going while
inhaling
2. Keeping a smooth drone while compressing the cheeks
3. When inhale done, getting a smooth release of air into the mouth
4. Excessive spit buildup in the mouth, leading to interesting noises :)
It's pretty fun, for less than $10 in parts. I have no idea how my apartment
neighbors are enjoying it. ;)
Common paraffin wax might work too.. You can get a pound for about $1.25 at
most big grocery stores, from the home canning section.
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n8rxs
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response 14 of 52:
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Nov 4 06:10 UTC 1995 |
My first attempts to decorate my 4 foot 1.5 diameter pipe turned
out better than I had hoped. I now have a piece of plastic tubing
that looks like some dark wood. White paint, two coats of varnish
applied in a streaky manner, and polyurathane coating over all. For
varnish above, substitute stain (walnut).
I'd like to know what you heated the tubing up with before flaring the
end?
Went to Herb Davids this evening. More didjerdoos of wood, this time from
Florida (we move further from Australia each time?). I still prefer my
pieces of pipe at $2.50 a shot to these at $50.
Still waiting for a copy of Gonwanaland from a friend of mine. Of the
two Outback albums, Baka is the best for training I've found. Dancing
the Devil away is good, but so busy the didjerdoo gets covered up.
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scott
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response 15 of 52:
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Nov 4 12:13 UTC 1995 |
I used my gas stove burner. Probably *not* a very good idea, considering the
nasty stuff that can come from burning plastic. I also did some slight
bending, so that it sort of looks bamboo like. I'm going to try painting it
soon, probably some free-form pattern in random colors rather than a wood
look.
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n8rxs
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response 16 of 52:
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Nov 6 01:01 UTC 1995 |
Definitely an outdoor activity for those with respritory troubles or
those who wish to avoid them.
I wonder if you could do some sort of slight push inward to get the joins
like bamboo has?
Did my second didjeridoo paint job. This time streaks of grey on white
with splashes of yellow to match the yellow cording. Nice, but not
nearly as impressive as my first effort.
I found the perfect music to play along with by the way. If you listen
to Excursions (I believe it's called) Sunday's on WUOM at 2000 you may
have heard Titbetan buddhists playing huge horns. Picture things that
look like those Alpine Horns. I was truly having a swell time with my
five foot didj.
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orinoco
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response 17 of 52:
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Nov 6 21:47 UTC 1995 |
The advanced dijerido-playing file has run away...
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n8rxs
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response 18 of 52:
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Nov 7 03:56 UTC 1995 |
Meaning it's empty or non-existant? I'll see.
Just gotta go with the flow, orinoco.
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n8rxs
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response 19 of 52:
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Nov 7 04:10 UTC 1995 |
Non-existant. I might have it on my home system, or I may have to download it.
I ought to put it here though since it covers fancier stuff. I'll post it's
name when I put it here.
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scott
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response 20 of 52:
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Nov 7 12:07 UTC 1995 |
I think it was never on Grex... just the intro instructions.
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orinoco
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response 21 of 52:
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Nov 7 20:53 UTC 1995 |
oh.
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n8rxs
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response 22 of 52:
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Nov 25 18:16 UTC 1995 |
I put the rest of the files I meant to into my home directoyr
covering other points of didjeridoo playing. Missed me playing in
Nickels arcade last week? I'll have to pbring and adjustable
didjeridoo (a didjeribone?) to see if I can find a length that
makes the whole place resonate. Parking structure stariwells
are most excellent as well, as I found after the grex night out
party.
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scott
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response 23 of 52:
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Nov 26 14:58 UTC 1995 |
er...what are the names of the files?
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orinoco
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response 24 of 52:
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Dec 2 16:20 UTC 1995 |
If you can find a building with a somewhate standard hallway size and length
you could make the whole building resonate...
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