Backpressure and the Didgeridoo: What if we’re focusing on the wrong debate?

If you play the didgeridoo, you have definitely already heard this word: backpressure. Maybe you even chose your instrument based on this criterion. At first glance, it seems to explain (very simply) a lot of things on its own: high backpressure = an easy-to-play didgeridoo low backpressure = a difficult didgeridoo, one that uses a […]

Didgeridoo and music: Why is it so difficult?

By the way, I’m using this article to convey part of the way I see the didgeridoo and music. Being self-taught and not having had any formal musical training, I can provide my perspective without being restrained by current academic thought. Admittedly, I run the risk of sounding a bit eccentric on some points. That […]

5 wind instruments using circular breathing

If the Australian Aborigines were certainly among the first to discover the technique of circular breathing, the didgeridoo is far from being the only one to use this breathing technique. I offer you a little discovery of traditional instruments also using this good old circular breathing!