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Chris Adnam's Learning the Didgeridoo Video

Part 1
Care of your Didgeridoo
Choosing the right Didgeridoo
Introduction to the playing technique
Technique - The Wakka Wakka
Play along - The Wakka Wakka

Part 2
Technique - The Growl
Play Along - The Growl

Part 3
Technique - The Reed Note
Combination Exercise - The Wakka Wakka, The Growl, and The Reed Note

Part 4
Technique - The Cough
Combination Exercise - The Wakka Wakka, The Growl, The Reed Note and The Cough

Part 5
Circular Breathing

Part 6
Technique - The Overtone
Play along - The Overtone

Part 7
Animations and Voices - The Crow and the Kookaburra, The Dingo, The Owl, The Kangaroo, The Brolga
Combination Exercise - The Growl and The Reed Note, The Dingo and The Cough, The Crow and The Overtone, The Kangaroo and The Kookaburra.

Part 8
The Stomach
Outback music video clip

Running Time - 57 minutes

Didgeridoo Soundscapes CD 

Artists Featured

• Reave Maloney - Double Bass
• Alain Valodze - Guitar
• Hugh Paddle - Guitar, Mandolin
• Chris Adnam - Didgeridoo, Djembe, Percussions, Vocals
• Henry Greener - Djembe

Tracks on this CD - The Song Cycle

1. Sisters of Bandayin - This composition relates to oral stories about the first Creation Sisters who crossed the seas from Maccassar to Australia in dug out canoes.
2. Gum Blossoms - As the Sisters travelled, their bodies flowered populating the land, creating New Life and plentiful bush tucker. They carried the spirit and the laws of this land with them on their journeys.
3. Bull Roo and the Mob - The young male kangaroos fight to try to overpower the "bull" or boss roo, thus gaining first choice of the available females in the mob. The bull roo doesn't retire easily from his position.
4. River Song - The song of my birthplace and inherited countryside describes the cycle of life from mountain to sea.
5. Skins - Our ancient skin or moeity grouping belongs to the mother or fathers connection to Creation through dream.
6. Crocodile Sway - The "Boss Ancestor" he belongs to the star system (Milky Way). He is our connection back to our very beginnings.
7. Fire Song - The power of the land lies in regeneration through fire.
8. Whale Story - The Mighty Whale is god of the Yirritja moeity of Arnhem Land. He is the carrier of the future and our past.

Playing Time - 36 mins