How to make and play the didgeridoo Video Questions

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Introduction
What is David Hudson is going to show us?
How to 1 _____________ and 2 _____________ the didgeridoo and how to 3 _____________ it,
4 _____________ the bark, 5 _____________ it and most importantly how to 6 _____________ it.

What does David hope this program will help us better understand?
7 _____________

How to make the didgeridoo

Who comes from Quinkan country up in Cape York?
David’s 8 _____________

Why are they there?

To find 9 _____________.

In this region the didgeridoos are made from the timber of which trees?
10 _____________, 11_____________ and 12 _____________.

Why is David hitting the tree?

To find out if it’s 13 _____________ inside

What have eaten the tree inside out?

14 _____________

What type of tree is it?

15 _____________.

How does the length of the didgeridoo affect its sound?

The longer it is the 16 _____________ the sound is and the shorter it is the 17 _____________ the pitch.

What will David show us later on?

How to cut back the didgeridoo to the right 18 _____________ for the specific key such as F or G.

What do termites leave behind as they eat?

19 _____________

What is the tree full of?

20 _____________

What have the termites left behind in this tree?

A lot of 21_____________

What has to be stripped back?

22 _____________

What must be done to any holes or cracks that are found?

They must be 23 _____________ with 24 _____________ or a bit of 25 _____________.

What is another name for bush wax?

26 _____________
And what is made by?
Tiny little black stingless 27 _____________ you find in the hollow of trees or under the rocks.

What is the bees wax also used for?

To make a 28 _____________ for the hole at the end of the didgeridoo so that it suits your mouth

What did David use to decorate his didgeridoos?

Traditional 29 _____________ from the earth

What is a good base colour for the didgeridoo?

30 _____________

What do the rocks in this area contain a lot of?

31 _____________

Why is it good to put oxide onto the rock art or on the didgeridoo?
It will 32 _____________ there for a long time.

How did David make this didgeridoo individual for him?

He used a black 33 _____________ which represents the people of this country and groups of yellow 34
_____________ which represent the stars and the Sun. He individualized it with his 35 _____________,
which is a very traditional type of decoration.

Why did David decide to use Timara on this didgeridoo?

Timara is the name of the 36 _____________ Quinkan spirit and is the 37 ____________.

How did David describe Imjim, the other traditional Quinkan spirit in this area?
Imjim is the 38 _____________, 39 _____________ fella that plays 40 _____________ on you.

Answers

1 make
2 play
3 select
4 strip
5 paint
6 play
7 Aboriginal culture
8 grandmother
9 didgeridoos
10 yellow stringy bark
11 messmate
12 boxwoods
13 hollow
14 termites
15 a stringy bark, a messmate
16 deeper
17 higher
18 height
19 mud
20 clay
21 gunk
22 bark
23 plugged up
24 beeswax
25 gum
26 sugar bag
27 bees
28 mould
29 ochres
30 brown ochre
31 oxide
32 stay
33 band
34 dots
35 handprint
36 good
37 guardian
38 mischievous
39 short
40 tricks

How to play the didgeridoo

What kind of instrument is the didgeridoo?

It is one of the world's oldest 1 _____________ instruments

What's unique about the didgeridoo?

It doesn't have a 2 _____________; it doesn't have 3 _____________; it's up to you to do the sound to
produce the 4 _____________ with your 5 _____________, with your 6 _____________ and do the sounds
in your 7 _____________.
What have you got to do to play the didgeridoo?
You've got to do a sharp 8 _____________.

Why don't you blow it like a trumpet?

Because it's not a 9 _____________ instrument. It’s 10 _____________. If you blow it hard like a trumpet, it
sounds pretty 11 _____________.

What is the purpose of the voice box when you play the didgeridoo?
You do sounds like 12 _____________, 13 _____________, 14 _____________, 15 _____________and you
can do sounds that are 16 _____________.

How else is the sound synthesized?

The sound is also synthesized inside all the little 17 _____________ and 18 _____________ the termites
have left behind.

What is the dingo?

That's the 19 _____________; they don’t 20 _____________; they 21 _____________.

How do you make the dingo sound?

22 _____________ the voice, but 23 _____________ it at the same time. Do 24 _____________ short calls
and 25 _____________ big long one.

What is the kookaburra?

That’s the 26 _____________ jackass.

What is the mopoke?

That's a bird that sits up the 27 _____________, looks at you.

What is the brolga?

That's a large 28 _____________.

What sounds apart from your voice box should you try to do?
Some 29 _____________ noises with your 30 _____________.

What other animal sounds does he make?

A 31 _____________ hopping down the road and a little 32 _____________ trying to keep up with him.

Apart from making sounds what is the next step to play the didgeridoo?
The next step is 33 _____________.

What are didgeridoo players famous for?

34 _____________ down the didge and 35 _____________ air through the nose at the same time.

What is David’s technique?

Blowing short little 36 _____________ of air and sucking air in when he’s blowing out. He also takes air
down into his 37 _____________ and uses his 38 _____________ to keep the 39 _____________ pumping.
He blows and 40 _____________ air through his nose and back out the nose.

What are the four things you need to practice to play the didgeridoo?
Just 41 _____________, make a 42 _____________ sound as you blow, try a 43 _____________ and
44 _____________
Answers

1 wind
2 reed
3 finger holes
4 twang
5 tongue
6 lips
7 voice box
8 raspberry
9 brass
10 timber
11 terrible
12 dingoes
13 kookaburras
14 mopokes
15 emus
16 synthesized
17 cracks
18 holes
19 wild dog
20 bark
21 howl
22 throw
23 vibrate
24 five
25 one
26 laughing
27 tree
28 crane
29 twang
30 tongue
31 kangaroo
32 joey
33 recycled breathing
34 blowing
35 sucking
36 bursts
37 lungs
38 diaphragm
39 rhythm
40 breathes
41 blow
42 grunt
43 twang
44 recycle breathe