Didgeridoo

Sebuah didjeridu.

Didgeridoo (atau didjeridu) adalah alat musik tiup penduduk asli Australia dari bagian utara Australia.

Sebuah didjeridu biasanya berbentuk silinder atau cenderung kerucut, serta berukuran panjang sekitar 1 sampai 2 meter, kebanyakan berukuran 1,2 meter. Jarang sekali berkuran yang lebih pendek atau lebih panjang dari ini . Pada umumnya, semakin panjang alat musik ini, kunci nadanya semakin rendah. Para pemain tradisional Aborigin lebih menyukai kunci nada antara D ke F♯. Alat musik ini oleh penduduk asli dikenal dengan nama yidaki.

Rujukan dan bibliografi terpilih

• Chaloupka, G. (1993): Journey in Time. Reed, Sydney.
• Cope, Jonathan (2000):How to Play the Didjeridoo - a practical guide for everyone. ISBN 0-9539811-0-X.
• Kennedy, K. (1933): Instruments of music used by the Australian Aborigines. Mankind (August edition), hlm. 147-157.
• Jones, T. A. (1967): The didjeridu. Some comparisons of its typology and musical functions with similar instruments throughout the world. Studies in Music #1, hlm. 23-55.
• Lindner, D. (ed) (2005): The Didgeridoo Phenomenon. From Ancient Times to the Modern Age. Traumzeit-Verlag, Germany.

Lihat pula

• Daftar musikus aborijin Australia
• Musik Australia
• Bernapas sirkuler
• Multifonis

Pranala luar

• iDIDJ Australia: Australian Didgeridoo Cultural Hub
• Dreamtime, the site of the World Famous Didjeridu Mailing List
• The physics of the didj
• It's as Irish as - er - didgeridoo
• DidgeWorld Networking the worldwide didgeridoo community
• Didge Circular Breathing
• Extensive articles Tutorials and Interviews
• Didgeridoo Acoustics from Music Acoustics at UNSW
• Playing the Didgeridoo - A Foundation embouchure, diaphragm support, overtones, oral stops with MP3's
• Manikay.Com Database of audio recordings of traditional Arnhem Land music, samples included, many with didgeridoo
• [1] Didjeridu: A Guide. General info on the didgeridoo, with citations and references