Playing a Didgeridoo (David Hudson)

America has Dr Dre…. This is Dr Didge

This guy not only plays well, he does something that is exceedingly rare, he explains things well. Very good teacher.

It's two in the morning and watching a man play a didgeridoo.

This is profound, authentic Australian culture at its best. Real Australian roots. This makes me proud to call myself an Aussie. Thank you David for taking the time to share this ancient spiritual art with the world.

The best part was him explaining the meanings behind the music. Didgeridoos are one of the most underrated instruments they are incredible. I learned to play years ago and I never got near as good! Love from the US

"Kookaburra, that's the laughing jack ass!" dead.

I remember in grade 3 we were doing a school performance about The Dreamtime and The Rainbow Serpent some Aboriginal elders from the local tribe came by my school to see if anyone of us could play the Didgeridoo well enough to be in the performance. I was the only one of my class who could actually produce a decent enough sound for them to be happy enough to allow us to use the instrument, it was a pretty big honor to be able to play it on stage in ront of hundreds of people even as a kid with no practice haha.

This guy is a world treasure.

Advanced trumpet, trombone, euphonium and tuba players have much to learn from this guy.

That is simply fascinating.  I've always wondered how players actually did this.  And I love that the sounds of the environment are actually the music!  So it's like the didgeridoo is the voice of Australia itself.

I'm from Mexico, and to me this is the most interesting music and sounds for the soul, thank you Austrlia for sharing your beautiful culture !!!

I'm a Yank, and have long been intrigued by the sound of the indigenous Australian didgeridoo. It sounds like nothing else in this world, and the fact it is one of the oldest wind instruments in the world is something to be acknowledged. I have met some Aussie friends here in the United States, and when talking about the didgeridoo, they warned me that it was hard to play. Watching this video done by a Native Australian himself, I now see that they weren't kidding!

I absolutely learned how to play didgeridoo using this exact VHS. So cool to see it here all these years later

I can't believe he did all that in less than 10 minutes. WoW!

Hey, hi David! I still have your didgeridoo that you made for me in 1988. Good to see and hear you again!

The sound of this instrument has a quality that transcends what can be said in words. It is a primordial sound, one which feels like mother nature is talking to us in a language that only those with open hearts can hear. Thanks for uploading this video.

the thing i love about this instrument is the culture behind it, the fact that native animal calls are included in the music connects humans and the world together more and i think that is beautiful.

One of the most basic instruments ever made, one of the hardest to master! This is cool, I want one now

Wow I've watched like a dozen "how to" videos for all of these techniques broken down. This guy does a great job of describing and showing them all at once in a nice condensed 10 minutes.

Such a great instrument. When I was growing up in the Bronx, in New York, mid to late '70s, hip hop was just starting to get attention and notoriety. There was a group of rappers who used this instrument in their performances. Specifically, they had a guy off to side playing this instrument while a live drummer provided a funky, James Brown type of drum beat. You have no idea how amazing this instruments sounds when it accompanies an a amazing drummer! This group never failed to entertain, but I am not sure why this group, or their original use for this instrument, never quite took off.