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ADVANCED CIRCULAR BREATHING
By this time you should be able to circular breath
at will. If not, please do not get discouraged! you have a
massive head start with the knowledge I have provided for you... just
remain positive and look forward to the day where you are a circular
breathing didge master. Until then, focus on other playing
techniques... have you mastered harmonics? What about your droning
(or tongue affects)
Either way, find a nice tree to play against... I have found that
playing against a tree increases learning capacities.
So... onto the advanced circular breathing.
You will realize that to play didge with rhythm, you'll have to breath
in rhythms. This is the best part of didge.
The rhythm of the music becomes your breath, and your breath is your
life... so your life becomes the rhythm.
To accomplish this... simply choose to breath at times that create rhythm.
Instead of only breathing when you need oxygen, or at random, breathing
with timing will increase your capabilities by 1000x.
I have some playing sequences that you can try out:
d - the heartbeat from the previous lesson
A - air. represents a circular breath.
s - high scream with vocals
dd...dd...dd...A...dd...dd...dd...A...
d..d..ddd..A..d..d..ddd..A...
and so on. Create your own beats and rhythms with all of your
different sounds
Try these:
ddd.s.A...ddd.s.A...ddd.ss.A...ddd.s.A...ddd.s.A...ddd.ss.A
You'll find that practicing this will allow you to play along with any
instruments, and become the rhythm of the rhythm in any musical piece
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