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    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

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    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrmando View Post
    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 a website about them.
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    I don't think he plays mando, but for some really cool Weissenborn and Dig one man band stuff, check out Xavier Rudd.
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    in the meantime try to get a similar sound out of a length of plastic pipe, BlueManGroup style.
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    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...1224094017.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.

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    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."
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    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.
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    Didgeridoo playing actually gives tremendous results for those that have sleep apnea. I had an AHI of 32 the first year getting a CPAP, and was down to 8 after playing the didge 8 months my first year. I sleep better after playing for 20+ minutes.

    Have played well past an hour, and have even fell into deep trance meditations playing the didge. It's one's lips that get sore playing a long time, and being thirsty afterwords.

    Recently have noticed that my deep sleep cycles have improved since playing the mandolin. Am actually getting near 1.5 hours compared to 45 minutes of deep sleep.

    Am anxious to see what can happen when I get good enough to play the didgeridoo and the mandolin together. I don't have a didge stand of any type available. Was thinking of making one from wood, but is too wet to be outside doing that here. A didge stand can run upwards for $150 + shipping, and my current didge is a heavy Bloodwood Eucalyptus in C#.

    Wondering I am going to need to use a capo when playing the two together, since the Weber Y2K6 is in G.
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    Quote Originally Posted by James Miller View Post
    Wondering I am going to need to use a capo when playing the two together, since the Weber Y2K6 is in G.
    How do you fit a capo to a didgeridoo?

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    It goes around the neck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by James Miller View Post
    Wondering I am going to need to use a capo when playing the two together, since the Weber Y2K6 is in G.
    If you're in standard tuning (GDAE)

    You could get a capo, put it on the 1st fret and play in C.

    Or you tune your mandolin down a half step and play everything in D.

    Or you could play in C#.

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    BTW this is a 9 year + thread.

    There was this thread about a mandolin AND didgeridoo player. For some odd reason it was posted in tenor guitars.
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    Here's a video with a tenor banjo, didgeridoo a few other players. I think it works nicely! Enjoy!

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    Sorry, did not mean to necro a thread. Was searching last night for videos of people playing a Mandolin & Didgeridoo together, and seen the comments about didgeridoo for sleep apnea and had to chime in.

    Is there some literature on using a capo for playing in different keys, so I can add to the mandolin chords book?

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    Mark Atkins is well known for playing didgeridoo and guitar simultaneously. No reason why he couldn't do it with mandolin.

    https://youtu.be/TGOzUO_Dw5Y

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