If the earth had a voice it would be the sound of the Didgeridoo.
"Yedaki is our name for this instrument but the Europeans called it the didgeridoo because it imitates the sound." In a shopping mall on Sydney Harbor, Australia, is a gallery owned by Alana Rose and her partner Gavin. They are Aboriginals with great pride in their heritage, which they consider to be the oldest living culture in the world. "One of the things we do in our center is to make people think, they step into another world, only Aboriginals work here. There are wonderful colors in the art and the haunting sound of the didgeridoo." There's a sign in English and Japanese which explains that the yedaki is meant for a spiritual purpose. It's strictly a men's ceremonial instrument and women customers are asked not to pick them up. "We ask women customers to respect...women working here don't choose to sell them." Most of the instruments sell for just over $100. They are, in fact, naturally hollowed out tree trunks. Ever resourceful, Aboriginals put damaged trees to creative use. Gavin: "Termites eat the sweet wood and hollow out the trees."
For a sample of the sounds made by a didgeridoo use the controller. or Click to hear it Some general history of the digeridoo:
- Possibly the world's oldest musical instrument.
- A wind instrument originally found in Arnhem Land, Northern Australia.
- Is made from limbs and tree trunks hollowed out by termites (insects).
- Is cut to an average length of 1.3 metres and cleaned out with a stick. or hot coals.
- Was used as an accompaniment to chants and songs.
- Produces a low-pitch, resonant sound with complex rhythmic patterns.
- In cetain tribal groups it is only played by men but in most groups by men, women and children.
- Traditional various forms of the Didgeridoo were found in Central Australia around Alice Springs.
- The Didgeridoo is the sound of Australia.
- If the earth had a voice it would be the sound of the Didgeridoo.
Entrainment is the process by which the powerful rhythmic vibrations of one object are projected upon a second object with a similar frequency, thereby causing that object to vibrate in resonance with the first. The didgeridoo produces a deep and effective source of natural ultra-sound. This ultra sound penetrates deep into a persons muscular and skeletal system producing similar physiological effect as medical ultra sound therapy. Some of the reported effects of didgeridoo ultra sound have been relief of muscular pain, arthritis, osteo-arthritis, headache, migraine, accelerated bone growth along breaks and fractures.
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