11. Didgeridoo beginners tutorial: Rhythms

Hi my dear didge friends,
So today I will explain to you how you can easily build solid rhythms.
The idea is that you breathe your rhythms!!! So it will become easy even to play irregular rhythms.
Hope all becomes clear!!! If not let me know...
I will be here to explain it to you!
Lots of love and light,
Didge Mama

[yogayammoovie]

The basic rythm is quite ok for me, but your incredible subtle variations are unreachable for the moment, but it's ok, maybe one day, it gives me motivation !
Thank you for this nice moment with you, and for this gift of a piece of your science and art of didgeridoo :))

[sumanprakash]

Hi @didgemama. The count is 12 what you played in the beginning 😊. And im so excited to learn the rhythm after learning the basics, just to incorporate the rhythm in circulatar breathing was lil struggle but after following your abdominal pump technique im getting it 🙏😊

[sumanprakash]

Im so glad that im learning it from you not anyone else. You make everything so easier and simpler (says a lot about your understanding on the instrument )🙏😊

[musicwithten]

I wish i had rhythm. I love music. By the age of 12, i already played piano, guitar, bass guitar, trombone and drums. By the time i finished high school, i could play every instrument in an orchestra; well enough. I'm recent years i started learning "different" instruments like the didgeridoo, jaw harp and Morin khuur.

You would think with all that musical knowledge that i would have some kind of rhythm 🤣🤣 I can play sheet music, i can replicate what i hear without much issue, but creating my own rhythm or song or something lolol. I've been writing a song for 15 years now and the only thing on the page is Can't even figure out a title much less what i want it to sound like.

[pablolopezherrerias]

Thanks didge mama, eres impresionante, que fortaleza de musculatura y pulmones.😍🙏🤍🫁😤☄😷

[patawah]

Hi there! Your videos are just amazing. Finally I found canal with different didge techniques so properly explained. Greetings from Iceland!

[RHDOutdoors]

Very informative video! My didge if coming in the mail and I am practicing on a piece of pvc pipe for now and learning circular breathing.

[magickology]

Whered you get that rack for your didges?!

[VGASM]

Thank you very much DIDGE MAMA! We love the way you Lies =)

[m.devries]

Hoi Lies, you are going strong with the lessons, I am enjoying your insights adding to my 20 years of playing very much. Counting 12 beats.
Gu ^ Gu ^ Gu ^ Ge gu ^ Ge gu ^. The rhythm you explaned as Gu ^ Ge gu ^ Ge gu ^ so the 8 counts I know as the "tresillo". Please continue with these fantastic video's I will be watching you in The Didge café soon.

[brettmills]

This was the video i was looking for :) 😃

[joelquimby]

8 count? Do you busk in Amsterdam? Are permits required? Enjoying your videos by the way :-)

[deonels]

Hi, not going to guess the count... Have to practise... One question... How many hours practise a day is required?

[MrThijstenberge]

Heey 😀. I have 2 questions. Hopefully you can helpt me. I’m practicing since a few months and my drone has improved. But often when I start playing it’s good, but it looses the ‘sweet spot’ often after starting circulair breathing. Any tips or excursies for this?

And second. At the moment I’m starting with simple rhythms of 2 and 3 beats. I’m experiencing that using the cheeks and jaw is pretty easy, but using the abs feels very uncomfortable and uneasy. Is this common? And do you have any tips on this.

Thank you so much 🙏

[thatonedude]

This is disrespectful to us Aboriginal Australians