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New Treatment for Asthma - The Didgeridoo |
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Written by By Billy Kenber
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Monday, February 01 2010 13:05 |
New treatment for asthma: the didgeridoo
Playing the didgeridoo and singing can help alleviate the symptoms of asthma, new research suggests
A study by Australian scientists found that regularly playing the wind instrument can lead to improved breathing and better overall health.
Robert Eley, from the University of Southern Queensland, gave 10 Aboriginal boys weekly didgeridoo lessons for six months and found that their “respiratory function had improved significantly”.
He said that the “deep and circular breathing” required to play the digeridoo may have been responsible for the health benefits.
Girls were excluded from the lessons because it against the culture of many Aboriginal groups for females to play the instrument.
However, Dr Eley found that both boys and girls reported a general improvement in well-being after singing lessons and he suggested that could be a new way to help relieve the symptoms of asthma.
More than five million people in the UK suffer from the condition which currently costs the NHS £950m a year.
The research was published in The Journal of Rural Health. |
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Last Updated on Monday, February 01 2010 13:30 |
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Written by Nicholas
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Monday, January 11 2010 14:54 |
 So, I am new to the didgeridoo tribe network and was curious as to what everyone thought about colaborating for a forum section called "Where to Purchase?", or something of that nature, where everyone can post the websites and/or stores that sell good, quality, didgeridoo (yidaki, mago, etc.) due to the fact that there are not that many that actually sell "non-tourist" or "non-junk" instruments. Without further ado here are some of the websites
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Written by Woody
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Friday, December 25 2009 07:59 |
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Thought I would start a tooting thread in which people can share their tooting experiences. Is tooting a technique you like to use? Are there didges you play that have much better toots than others? How many levels of toots do you use when playing a particular didge? What toot notes does your didge play? Do you circular breathe while tooting? And anything else you would care to share on the subject
of tooting.
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Written by Woody
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Friday, December 25 2009 07:44 |
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It's great when practicing to have some inspiring backing rhythms. Go to the Tribe Drum Tracks Page to find some tracks that Tribe member Jason (FlyAngler18) has made available (with the drummer's generous permission) for the Tribe. You can download these tracks, loop them in your media player and play along with them.
Jason's Notes:
These tracks are all played by Sidi Mohamed "Joh" Camara, a Malinko djembefola (master djembe drummer) from Bamaka, Mali. Mali djembes are among the best in the world- tuned amazingly high with some SUPER crisp tones and slaps. Lead djembes are usually fitted with metal shakers called ksink-ksink that round out the texture of the rhythm. In ensemble drumming, dun-duns (doubled-headed barrel drums) and bells add some bottom and pulse to the relatively higher pitch of djembes, and give the rhythms their distinctive character.
As far as the rhythms go, they are West African djembe rhythms ranging from Aconcon through more complex Senegalese rhythms.
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Last Updated on Friday, December 25 2009 07:58 |
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Dynamic Multi-Drone Didgeridoo |
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Written by WetYeti
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Wednesday, December 23 2009 23:21 |
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Dynamic Multi-Drone Didgeridoos (Yeti Technique)
Didgeridoos built to truly expand the range of what is currently possible with this instrument. these didgeridoos will make it easier for any didgeridoo player to learn a new technique i have developed which enables a player to play incredibly low notes on short/normal sized didgeridoos. most recently as of september 2009 i have been able to play drones as low as low low A. thats a whole octave below what most didgeridoo players would consider a low A that would normally requires a 6-10 foot didgeridoo to play. so on a 6-10 foot didge i am able to hit a low A that would normally require a 15-25 foot didge to generate.
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Written by White Knight
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Wednesday, December 23 2009 22:45 |
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 Here is some circular breathing tips/info I put together for a beginners workshop. Not much is new here. Most of it is common tips collected together with a bit of rewording. Feel free to add other tips/techniques by clicking here.
Hope this helps beginners get it going!
Allan
Circular Breathing Intro:
Circular breathing is using air in your cheeks to push the air out of your mouth to keep the drone going while you take a quick sniff of air in through your nose. So, air is coming in through the nose AND out of the vibrating lips AT THE SAME TIME.
Timing is the critical issue once the brain accepts the basic concepts.
Circular breathing is also sometimes called “continual breathing”, or “balanced breathing”.
There are several variations in teaching yourself the proper methods before you apply them to playing the didgeridoo. All of them can be helpful. NOTE: If you get light headed… take a break and breathe normally!
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