Didgeridoo
The didgeridoo in five languages — didgeridoo, Didgeridoo, didjeridu
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Five languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 迪吉里杜管 |
| English | didgeridoo (also didjeridu) |
| Italian | didgeridoo |
| German | Didgeridoo |
| French | didgeridoo |
The didgeridoo is a wind instrument of Aboriginal Australia, traditionally made from a eucalyptus trunk hollowed by termites, with length and bore setting the pitch. It has no finger holes: the player changes colour and overtones with lip tension and the shape of the mouth and throat, and uses circular breathing to keep the drone unbroken. It has ceremonial standing in Yolngu culture of Arnhem Land.
Watch out: a didgeridoo is not a flute. A flute changes pitch with finger holes; the didgeridoo has none, its fundamental is set largely by the tube, and its melody comes from overtones and rhythm. The Chinese 管 describes its shape, not a fingered windway.
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Sources
- 各语种乐器名与原住民吹管传统，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Didjeridu"；本文为原创表述
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