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 Australian didgeridoos | |
| Classification | Woodwind |
|---|---|
| Musicians | |
| Xavier Rudd, Charlie McMahon | |
The didgeridoo (sometimes didjeridu) is an Australian Aboriginal wind musical instrument. They were used by the Yolgnu people of Arnhem Land. They can be quite long, anywhere from 1 to 3 m (3 to 10 ft) long. Most are around 1.2 m (4 ft) long. The longer the instrument, the lower the pitch or key of the instrument. They are a hollow wooden tube, which can be either cylindrical or conical in shape. It is best described as being a wooden trumpet or drone. Musicologists say it is a brass aerophone.[1]
It is difficult to know when didgeridoos were first used. Studies of rock art in Arnhem Land show that it has been in use for more than 1,500 years. A rock painting in Ginga Wardelirrhmeng, on the northern edge of the Arnhem Land plateau, dates from the freshwater period.[2] It shows a didgeridoo player and two singers playing in a ceremony.[3]
- ↑ Ltd, Not Panicking. "h2g2 - Brass Instruments - Tuning and Harmonics - Edited Entry". h2g2.com.
- ↑ "Kakadu National Park - Rock art styles". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
- ↑ George Chaloupka, Journey in Time, p. 189).