Goodbye fuzz – sharpening up your didgeridoo drone
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Lesson overview
Now we are in the intermediate lessons, it’s time to set the bar high for your drone quality. From this point on, we want your drone clear and super sharp. This can take practice and discipline. Having a high quality drone sets the foundation for all the new techniques you are about to learn
Lesson goals
- No more fuzzy drone
- Use the Mona Lisa smile technique to get the sharpest drone possible
- Be able to identify when your drone is clear and when it’s a bit fuzzy
- Be committed to only playing with your clearest drone
Training tips
- The more you practice, the clearer your drone will be
- The smallest of adjustments in your lip tightness, position and air flow can make a huge difference in how your drone sounds. Keep experimenting to find what works best for you
- You may find that your drone starts off sounding good, but then gets fuzzier the longer you play. This is because your lips get tired and weak and can’t hold the tight vibration as well. The only solution is to play more and build up your lip strength. It’s like doing pushups… the more you do, the stronger the muscles get.
Give it a try, let us know how you go and if you get stuck, post a question in the comments section below
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The “clear and sharp” drone has a buzzing quality that the basic one lacks. Try as I may, I can’t achieve this cool sound by applying the suggestions in this or any other lesson. Any words of wisdom? Is the problem with my hemp didge?
Whats your hemp didge key? Do you adjust your playing air pressure depends on the keys? If your didge is high keys like F, F#, G… then you need lots more air pressure and holding muscles to be tighten and sharpen your drone sound! Good way to train your muscles in high keys!
Mine is a key of D, but your comments were helpful, and the sound is much
better. Thanks, Sanshi! You da best!
Hi Sanshi 🙂 Thanks for all the great lessons. Can you suggest a good microphone? what are you using in the recordings? I was thinking to get one that attaches. to the didge? Also the stand you use for the clap sticks and shaker videos? Can you tell me where i can get one? or something like it? thankyou Allahna
Hi Allahna,
Thanks for the kind words, and sorry for the slow reply. We do not want to guess at the exact microphone and stand used in the lesson videos, so email us at [email protected] and we will check with Sanshi and send you the details.
A general tip for recording didge: place the microphone near the bell end rather than inside it, and do a short test recording to find the spot where the drone sounds full without booming. A clip-on mic can work, just make sure it is not touching the didge, or it will pick up handling noise.
The Dojo Team