Didgeridoo

Didgeridoo (atau didjeridu) adalah alat musik tiup penduduk asli Australia dari bagian utara Australia.

Sebuah didjeridu biasanya berbentuk silinder atau cenderung kerucut, serta berukuran panjang sekitar 1 sampai 2 meter, kebanyakan berukuran 1,2 meter. Jarang sekali berkuran yang lebih pendek atau lebih panjang dari ini . Pada umumnya, semakin panjang alat musik ini, kunci nadanya semakin rendah. Para pemain tradisional Aborigin lebih menyukai kunci nada antara D ke F♯. Alat musik ini oleh penduduk asli dikenal dengan nama yidaki.

Pemain didgeridoo terkemuka

Rujukan dan bibliografi terpilih

Chaloupka, G. (1993): Journey in Time. Reed, Sydney.
Cope, Jonathan (2000):How to Play the Didjeridoo - a practical guide for everyone. ISBN 0-9539811-0-X.
Kennedy, K. (1933): Instruments of music used by the Australian Aborigines. Mankind (August edition), hlm. 147-157.
Jones, T. A. (1967): The didjeridu. Some comparisons of its typology and musical functions with similar instruments throughout the world. Studies in Music #1, hlm. 23-55.
Lindner, D. (ed) (2005): The Didgeridoo Phenomenon. From Ancient Times to the Modern Age. Traumzeit-Verlag, Germany.

Lihat pula

Daftar musikus aborijin Australia
Musik Australia
Bernapas sirkuler
Multifonis
Erke
Alphorn

Pranala luar

Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Didgeridoo.

iDIDJ Australia: Australian Didgeridoo Cultural Hub
Dreamtime, the site of the World Famous Didjeridu Mailing List
The physics of the didj
It's as Irish as - er - didgeridoo Diarsipkan 2002-08-19 di Wayback Machine.
DidgeWorld Networking the worldwide didgeridoo community
Didge Circular Breathing
Extensive articles Tutorials and Interviews
Didgeridoo Acoustics from Music Acoustics at UNSW
Playing the Didgeridoo - A Foundation Diarsipkan 2006-11-04 di Wayback Machine. embouchure, diaphragm support, overtones, oral stops with MP3's
Manikay.Com Database of audio recordings of traditional Arnhem Land music, samples included, many with didgeridoo
[1] Didjeridu: A Guide. General info on the didgeridoo, with citations and references