didgeridoos
Outback wind instruments
Didgeridoos is the plural of didgeridoo, an Australian Aboriginal wind instrument—a long wooden tube, traditionally made from eucalyptus hollowed by termites, that produces a deep, droning sound.
Players use circular breathing to sustain continuous tones: The didgeridoos hummed through the night ceremony.
Australia's native peoples
- dreamtimeSleep phase with visions
- songlinesAboriginal sung navigation routes
- corroboreeAboriginal ceremonial gathering
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
elders · sacred · tradition · ochre · clan · totem · ancestors · initiation
Unmanned flying machine
- circular breathingSustained wind instrument technique
- overtoneSubsidiary meaning or harmonic
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- harmonicsFrequencies above the fundamental
vibration · bass · hum · reverberate · sustain · tonal · rumble · sonorous
Made from timber
- eucalyptusAromatic Australian timber tree
- hollowEmpty within
- beeswaxHoneycomb building material
- tubeHollow cylindrical passage
mouthpiece · handcrafted · painted · carved · traditional · authentic · replica · travel
Public performance for donations
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- accompanimentSupplementary support element
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- beatboxingOral rhythm imitation
vocalizations · improvisation · festival · concert · player · virtuoso · technique · tonguing
Aboriginal
Australia's native peoples
- dreamtimeSleep phase with visions
- songlinesAboriginal sung navigation routes
- corroboreeAboriginal ceremonial gathering
ceremony · elders · sacred · tradition · ochre · clan · totem · ancestors · initiation · spirituality
drone
Unmanned flying machine
- circular breathingSustained wind instrument technique
- overtoneSubsidiary meaning or harmonic
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
harmonics · vibration · bass · hum · reverberate · sustain · tonal · rumble · sonorous · echo
wooden
Made from timber
- eucalyptusAromatic Australian timber tree
- hollowEmpty within
- beeswaxHoneycomb building material
tube · mouthpiece · handcrafted · painted · carved · traditional · authentic · replica · travel · collapsible
busking
Public performance for donations
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- accompanimentSupplementary support element
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
beatboxing · vocalizations · improvisation · festival · concert · player · virtuoso · technique · tonguing · animal sounds
- Aboriginal Prehistorystone tools, boomerangs, spears, rock shelters, cave art
- Aboriginal artifactsboomerang, boomerangs, spear thrower, spearthrower, bullroarer
- world artAfrican art, American art, Asian art, Chinese art, European art
didgeridoospiccolos
Half-sized high flutes
tin whistles · fifes · ocarinas · flutes · penny whistles
didgeridoosbagpipes
Droning wind instrument
sitars · balalaikas · pan flutes · banjos · accordions