Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2955
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	didjeridu
Subject
	423.121.11
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Aboriginal
Format
	38.6 in. length
Identifier
	409
Source
	Australia and New Zealand
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Australia
Alternative Title
	didjeridoo
	yidaki
	kulumbu
	kanbi
	djalapu
	bambu
Medium
	wood
	beeswax
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Oceania
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - cylindrical with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	lip reed (player’s lips) placed over open end of tube
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	none
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - selecting partials of a single cavity’s fundamental through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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