Lab: Making A Digeridoo The Physics Of Musics (Page 3 of 3) in pdf

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Exercise 3: Slowly transition to just breathing in with your nose and keep the bubbles going

nonstop. Master this until the muscle contractions you are using feel totally comfortable and the

bubbles are flowing smoothly.

Exercise 4: You are now circular breathing. Keep your cup and straw right next to you. Try to

play your didge and circular breathe (it is just a bigger straw). You will find this difficult so go

right back to the straw and water to practice again. Then, try on the didge again. Keep going

back and forth between the cup and water and the didge until you can successfully do it on

your didge. Take a look at the diagrams on the next page for a visual explanation of circular

breathing.

Questions:

1. What is meant by “fundamental frequency”?

2. What does resonance have to do with the playing of a didgeridoo?

3. What is the relationship between notes that are separated by one octave?

4. What does the term timbre mean?

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