Music of the Didjeridu

Peter Kaye - Music of the Didjeridu

The Australian Aboriginal (the World's oldest living culture) used the Didjeridu for musical accompaniment for their tribal dances and parties. Boomerangs, clapsticks, and bunches of seed pods were also used as percussion instruments. (from the liner notes)

To learn more about the didjeridu visit this site.

This was a cassette release. Both sides of the cassette are the same. The individual pieces are broken down into separate tracks and the entire side is also included for uninterrupted playback. Boomerangs, clapsticks and seed pods were used on this recording, accompanying Kaye's didjeridu playing. From what I can tell, all of the music here sounds improvised.

Peter Kaye is quite an expert on the didjeridu as he wrote a book called Play and enjoy the Didjeridu of the Australian Aboriginal. He describes the instrument and explains the methods used in playing the instrument including how to circular breathe. He also produced a companion cassette release to the book.

Tracklisting:

1. track 1 {2:22}

2. track 2 {1:03}

3. track 3 {0:30}

4. track 4 {2:15}

5. track 5 {0:35}

6. track 6 {0:45}

7. track 7 {1:01}

8. track 8 {1:34}

9. track 9 {2:29}

10. track 10 {0:45}

11. track 11 {1:10}

12. track 12 {0:59}

13. track 13 {2:22}

14. [entire side] {18:50}

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