| Do you know what a didgeridoo is? There are so | | | | perspective on how it is played. You place your mouth |
| many things in this life that are unknown to us. I bet | | | | in the whole at the top of the hollowed wood upon the |
| you could find out about something outside your | | | | bees wax coating. Then you vibrate your lips against |
| normal sphere of vision and experience everyday for | | | | the edge of the wood, filling your cheeks with air at the |
| the rest of your life and still not get close to knowing | | | | same time to keep the sound constant. The sound |
| about everything out there. Not to mention the number | | | | never stops and this is because you circular breathe-in |
| of things we don't know about our own internal | | | | through the nose and out through your mouth at the |
| selves-physical, emotional, spiritual and mental realities | | | | same time. Sounds difficult, and it is for some like |
| that are still unaware to us. That's another story | | | | myself, it took me 9 months to get my mind around it. |
| however, let's stick to the external in this article.I play | | | | A friend of mine however did it in a couple of days, |
| the didgeridoo. It's a sacred Australian Aborigine | | | | and babies breathe this way naturally! Pretty cool.On |
| instrument, arguably one of the oldest instruments in | | | | this site as others you can look at a gallery of |
| humankind's long history. If you type didgeridoo into | | | | instruments, clicking on the ones that interest you. They |
| your search engine you will see hundreds of sites | | | | are all individual (like snowflakes and humans) and |
| about this thing that you've never even heard of. You | | | | characteristics such as key, wood type, length and |
| don't know how many people I've mentioned it to | | | | artist are given. Echo Tree specifically mentions that all |
| around the world that never have even heard the | | | | their artwork is individually hand-painted by Aborigine |
| word. | | | | artists and no two are alike. So unlike many Western |
| One site I found to be quite thorough and useful was: | | | | musical instruments that are ubiquitously constructed, |
| retail site explains in detail how a didgeridoo is made (it | | | | you can have one that is different to all others.The |
| is a termite-hollowed branch or tree trunk), how to | | | | didgeridoo is just another example of how the Internet |
| choose the right one for you, and of course instruction | | | | or World Wide Web can be the medium of discovery |
| on how to play. It explains how to recognize a quality | | | | in our lives. It is a collective source for all the ideas, |
| piece and they say that they can even custom make | | | | creations and beliefs in our world. Anyone that |
| one to your desires. Each didj has a key or root note, | | | | connects can add to the rich melting pot of |
| and they can be made of several types of wood, | | | | consciousness. This 'virtual' space that we all feed and |
| some better than others. Placed on the mouthpiece is | | | | digest from is truly the next step in the evolution of |
| bee's wax which makes for an airtight seal against the | | | | humanity. Do you want to do or learn something |
| face as well as protecting one's mouth from getting | | | | different? You know where to go.Jesse S. Somer |
| cut by sharp edges.To give you an idea of the | | | | |
| incredible feat it was for the first Aborigines to make | | | | Jesse S. Somer is a sacred didgeridoo player learning |
| this music 40-60,000 years ago I'll give you a | | | | more about life everyday. |