Didgeridoo resources
Free guides from the Didgeridoo Breath team on playing, choosing and looking after a didgeridoo, plus its culture, history and players. New to the instrument? Start with What is a didgeridoo?
Learning to play
- How to play the didgeridoo: free instructions
Playing position, making the drone, using your voice, tongue and mouth shapes, the diaphragm and circular breathing. - How to circular breathe on the didgeridoo
What circular breathing is, the basic steps, and the free lessons at Didgeridoo Dojo. - How to write didgeridoo notation or sheet music
How to write down your didgeridoo sounds and rhythms, with four beginner rhythms to try. - Didgeridoo lessons, classes and workshops
One-on-one lessons, courses and group bookings in Perth, by appointment. - Learn to play: lessons and downloads
Online lessons, private lessons and the Playing the Didgeridoo downloads. - Free didgeridoo basics course
The free course at Didgeridoo Dojo, our didgeridoo learning portal. - Didgeridoo and sleep apnoea
What a study published by the British Medical Journal found about didgeridoo playing, snoring and daytime sleepiness.
Choosing and buying
- Didgeridoo Buyers Guide
What changes the sound of a didgeridoo (key, length, bell end, mouthpiece, timber) and how much one costs. - Small and travel didgeridoos
The shortest and lightest didgeridoos we have in stock, with lengths, weights and prices. - What makes a didgeridoo authentic?
The three things people mean by authentic, and who makes the didgeridoos we sell. - What is a didgeridoo?
A short video and 13 didgeridoo facts. - Tuning a didge
What we mean when we say a didge has a key.
Care and repair
- How to take care of your didgeridoo
The didgeridoo requires very little maintenance, but heat and moisture are the biggest risk to a timber instrument. - How to clean the inside of your didgeridoo
Whether you need to clean the inside, how to do it with water, when to use oil and what to do if your didgeridoo smells. - Didgeridoo first aid: repairing cracks and fractures
Why hairline fractures occur, how to fix them, and how to avoid cracks. - How to stop my yidaki cracking
How to play in a new yidaki, look after it in heat and moisture, and repair a simple crack. - How to replace a beeswax didgeridoo mouthpiece
A video and a written guide that show you step by step how to replace a beeswax mouthpiece. - Travelling with your didgeridoo on a plane
How to pack your didgeridoo for safe travel, what happens at check in, and customs.
Culture and history
- What is a yidaki?
Yidaki is the Yolngu name for the didgeridoo: what the word means and how a yidaki is made. - What is a didgeridoo made of?
Termite hollowed eucalyptus, how the tree is found and worked, and other materials. - Aboriginal names for the didgeridoo
There are at least 45 different names for the didgeridoo, listed here by language group and region. - Can women play the didgeridoo?
Whether women are allowed to play the didgeridoo, and what researchers and Yolngu elders say. - Making a yidaki in Arnhem Land
Two days in the Arnhem Land bush collecting, carving and tuning yidaki logs. - Australian Aboriginal art: facts, history and information
Acrylic painting, the meaning of symbols, Utopia art history and dot painting.
Players and music
- Ash Dargan, Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo player
Biography, live performance and discography of Ash Dargan, a member of the Larrakia Nation. - Michael Martin (Indidginus) player profile
A UK player since 1996 who makes extensive use of the slide didgeridoo in his live performances. - Didgeridoo accompaniment
The didgeridoo can be accompanied well by many other instruments, from tapping sticks to flutes and jaw harps. - Recording didgeridoo: what microphone is best to use?
We asked our customers for their favourite mic to record didgeridoo with, and these are their answers.
Shopping questions
Shipping, payment and returns are covered in Worldwide Shipping, Buy Now, Pay Later and the Shopping FAQs. For anything else, contact us.