Broaden Your Harmonic Range

Lesson Overview

Harmonics are such a big part of your didgeridoo sound. It’s time now to get the most out of your harmonic range and use the variation to spice up your playing

Lesson Goals

• First play the “wee – or – wee – or” tongue range movement
• Play this slowly and listen to the range of harmonics you create in between the “wee” and “or”
• Turn these two sounds into 3 by isolating a tone in the middle “wee – err – or”
• Turn into 4 separate harmonic tones
• See how many different tones you can get within the “wee – or” tongue movement

Training Tips

• Keep your drone as clear and sharp as possible. You may want to re-visit the lessons on getting the sharpest drone
• Focus on what tongue position produces what sounding drone
• Be able to start playing your drone at a desired harmonic tone
• By integrating this technique into your didgeridoo rhythms, it’s possible to make them sound very interesting and complex

Give it a try, let us know how you go and if you get stuck, post a question in the comments section below.