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Re: Anyone tried learning to play a didgeridoo?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:22 am
by timbalionguy
yardbird wrote:I play didjeridoo. I have a couple of them. Can't say it has help my OSA, but who knows? Maybe I'd be worse if I didn't play it. On one hand it's not that hard to play but on the other hand I can see where anyone who is "breathing challenged" might be scared off by it. You can make a practice didj quite easily.
Get a piece of 1-1/4" PVC pipe cut to right about 48 inches long.
I think I have a piece of this in the garage. Will have to give it a try!
Re: Anyone tried learning to play a didgeridoo?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:25 am
by Silver Pelt
As I understand it, the benefit of playing a didgeridoo is the circular breathing technique and the stronger throat muscles it produces.
I play clarinet, bass clarinet, and contra-alto clarinet, and my lung capacity and breathing are not in the least impaired, but I don't do circular breathing. I may give it a try; it seems like OSA is one of those conditions where every little bit helps.
Re: Anyone tried learning to play a didgeridoo?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:21 am
by yardbird
FatiguedMe wrote:I have a Native American Flute! Wondering if this counts any? Oh well if not, it sounds beautiful playing it anyway!
I make Native American style flutes!
In fact I have a bunch of aeromatic cedar blanks just waiting to have their flutes showing. My only problem right now is that my wood shop is split between 2 houses (we're moving.... slowly...) and it's not set up in EITHER place to be able to make flutes.
Re: Anyone tried learning to play a didgeridoo?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:53 am
by FatiguedMe
I make Native American style flutes!
In fact I have a bunch of aeromatic cedar blanks just waiting to have their flutes showing. My only problem right now is that my wood shop is split between 2 houses (we're moving.... slowly...) and it's not set up in EITHER place to be able to make flutes. [/quote]
Hi Yardbird,
When you get setup can you convert and make me a 3 foot digeridoo? Just curious! I would like a small one, not one of those 5 foot ones lol I am 5 foot 3! Really, contact me if you think you would be able to do it!
Re: Anyone tried learning to play a didgeridoo?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:40 am
by yardbird
FatiguedMe wrote:
Hi Yardbird,
When you get setup can you convert and make me a 3 foot digeridoo? Just curious! I would like a small one, not one of those 5 foot ones lol I am 5 foot 3! Really, contact me if you think you would be able to do it!
Whoa... that'd be like a giant flute with no holes. Might be fun.
Actually.... I'd hand carve it. The didj needs the irregularity on the inside surfaces while the flutes benefit from a very smooth inner bore.
A 3 footer would have a kind of high note... I might be able to create a folded didj for you that would have the sound of a much larger instrument, but in a smaller package.
Re: Anyone tried learning to play a didgeridoo?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:47 am
by klockemy
Do we have any of our 'down under' members that can recommend a good online retailer?
Re: Anyone tried learning to play a didgeridoo?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:29 pm
by yardbird
klockemy wrote:Do we have any of our 'down under' members that can recommend a good online retailer?
If you want a real one... get a REAL real one..
http://www.didjshop.com/
Re: Anyone tried learning to play a didgeridoo?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:33 pm
by klockemy
yardbird wrote:klockemy wrote:Do we have any of our 'down under' members that can recommend a good online retailer?
If you want a real one... get a REAL real one..
http://www.didjshop.com/
Thanks, yardbird.
Re: Anyone tried learning to play a didgeridoo?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:50 pm
by roster
Froro wrote: ......You get quite the workout with the tuba and it's no help to me with my apnea. .......
I have always suspected the studies made a big deal about nothing - you still need CPAP/your pressure requirements are no lower. I never read any of the studies but here is a less-than-impressive comment from Science Daily:
Although overall quality of sleep did not differ significantly between groups, a combined analysis of sleep related measures showed a moderate to large effect of didgeridoo playing.
The authors conclude that regular training of the upper airways by didgeridoo playing reduces daytime sleepiness and snoring in people with moderate obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and also improves the sleep quality of partners.
"Larger trials are needed to confirm our preliminary findings, but our results may give hope to the many people with moderate obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and snoring, as well as to their partners," they say.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 094017.htm
Aren't the two clauses in the first sentence contradictory?
Rooster
Didgeridoo: Keeps males from fixating on their ridoos.