Didgeridoo for Mandolin

[MikeOPFL]

I saw a classified here on the Cafe' wanting to trade a Didgeridoo for a mandolin. My wife did not know what a Didgeridoo was, so I YouTubed a couple so she could hear what they sounded like. By the time I got back to respond to the ad, it was "de-listed".

I was curious if it was a Bluegrass Didgeridoo :)

[Rick Lindstrom]

I have it on good authority that it was a Loar era D-5a didge with several upgrades that made it very desirable. Tuned in the key of D, deep woody drone with a toot to die for. A definite banjo killer.

Rick

[Santiago]

Tie me kangaroo down, sport.

[mrmando]

I saw the ad too ... unfortunately, ads for non-mandolin instruments, or offering to trade non-mandolin items for mandolins, are against the guidelines. Otherwise we'd be getting all those ads from people who want a mandolin in exchange for a 1977 F150.

My didgeridoo is a piece of tourist junk that looks nice but doesn't really play. Which is the only kind of didgeridoo my wife will allow me to have.

[JEStanek]

They are the most purchased, least played wind instrument according the dudes I talked to in Oz. I like the didge, never thought how to complement the mando with one. I'll leave that task to Master Gilchrist. I would enjoy that clip though.

Jamie

[mrmando]

There's a band from New York -- Big Blow and the Bushwhackers -- that has/had both a didge player and a mandolinist. Don't know if they are still active.

[allenhopkins]

There's a band from New York -- Big Blow and the Bushwhackers -- that has/had both a didge player and a mandolinist. Don't know if they are still active.
Here's (http://members.tripod.com/~jcst/bbatb/) a website about them.

[Chunky But Funky]

I don't think he plays mando, but for some really cool Weissenborn and Dig one man band stuff, check out Xavier Rudd.

[mandroid]

in the meantime try to get a similar sound out of a length of plastic pipe, BlueManGroup style.
adequate resonant tube, minus any lingering termites.

[squirrelabama]

DidgeriDON'T

[John Flynn]

FWIW, there was a study done in Switzerland in 2005 and published in the British Medical Journal that learning to play the didge lessens snoring and other symptoms of sleep apnea.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051224094017.htm

I think it's interesting how similar didge playing sounds to Asian throat singing, which I admire as an art form. Both involve the technique of "circular breathing" which I understand can very challenging to learn.

[Andrew DeMarco]

Here's an excerpt from that 2005 journal article available at http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/332/7536/266

"Results: Participants in the didgeridoo group practised an average of 5.9 days a week (SD 0.86) for 25.3 minutes (SD 3.4). Compared with the control group in the didgeridoo group daytime sleepiness (difference -3.0, 95% confidence interval -5.7 to -0.3, P = 0.03) and apnoea-hypopnoea index (difference -6.2, -12.3 to -0.1, P = 0.05) improved significantly and partners reported less sleep disturbance (difference -2.8, -4.7 to -0.9, P < 0.01). There was no effect on the quality of sleep (difference -0.7, -2.1 to 0.6, P = 0.27). The combined analysis of sleep related outcomes showed a moderate to large effect of didgeridoo playing (difference between summary z scores -0.78 SD units, -1.27 to -0.28, P < 0.01). Changes in health related quality of life did not differ between groups.

Conclusion: Regular didgeridoo playing is an effective treatment alternative well accepted by patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome."

[aphillips]

My fiance was happy to hear that I've finally found an instrument that I'm not interested in getting. It's a cool sound but I don't think I can see much use for it in my music. Would be interested in hear the mix though.