WET Didgeridoo - Building PVC Multi Drone part 2

[@musicwithten]

I knew it! I've been watching multidrone videos all morning. I knew the shape was the key!

[@francescogibaldi]

Man... I think you are revolutinizing didjeridoo world with this genious idea and great skill in realizing it! When I first made a very long didjeridoo with pvc pipes and (after one week trying) I got the low octave I had your same idea... I tried and tried, but never could go further (I just could go farter... LOL) so I thought this was impossible. Thank you!

[@tigerweedz1]

I made 1 of your multi drones with the addition of an idea from another pvc didge video, I dipped the mouth piece in tool dip. I'm trying to learn didgeridoo to treat sleep apnea. I ordered 1 of those indonisian teak ones from X8 drums for $50 bucks.but only could flatulate. The tool tip wasn't dry till 2 AM so I haven't got to play too much but I did take the over 5 foot drop octave to the far end of the house from my housemats & give her a couple of toots. I can drone this 1. Thanx dude.

[@WetDidgeridoo]

Awesome! thats a good interval - the multidrone note ( the low C# below the F drone ) should be pretty easy to hit once you get the strength

[@francescogibaldi]

I modified a little the didje. Now it's an F with a C# trumphet... It seems ok. Now I have just to learn to play it. :P Thanks again man.

[@WetDidgeridoo]

@farfennoogen vocals certainly don't come out as well as a big bore instrument but they are still there. With the reflective inside of epoxy coated didgeridoos and in this case PVC instruments, the vocals still get reflected through better than one would expect on tight bore instruments.

[@Breathwood]

This is fantastic! Can't believe I never found this before. I'm definitely going to explore this here in Vancouver, and share it as an option for other players wanting to explore drop octave (or just putting together cheap sticks). I'm still miserable at drop octave, by the way. Not sure what my deal is. :(

[@WetDidgeridoo]

@farfennoogen yes it does matter which sections are longer and unfortunately i have not played around enough with pvc to have written out specifications for each note. it also really depends on how low you want the first trumpet. luckily pvc is cheap enough to play around and experiment with. you will learn a lot about tuning if you do. good luck! if you make any discoveries please share:)

[@azbobs]

Good day Will, So the pipe size & 10", 30 or 32, 40, 50 and 60 for the lengths. The mouth piece is 1 3/8 width and height 1 1/4.

[@francescogibaldi]

I only didn't understar one thing: how to tune the first toot. I made a pvc instrument like you show (very similar but not the same, in Italy we don't have those kind of pipes) but the first toot is only one note lower than the "base" drone... Also I can't get a good sound by the drop octave drone, I guess due to my poor technique. It seems the way more difficult than playing a very long didjeridoo.

[@1439Nero]

Nice Regards from Switzerland Harleyman and Didgeplayer Bernhard

[@azbobs]

The first piece is 10" 3/4. Use bushing for 3/4 to 1 1/2 a 30" piece of PVC to 1 1/2 bushing to 3" then 40" piece of 3" PVC pipe. Then a 3" to 4" bushing piece then 50" of 4" PVC pipe. That's what it looks like Will. That would be 130" that would be a long didge, lol

[@ShufflingNewb]

1:00 did you mean "4 trumpet notes to play" instead of "4 drone notes to play"?

[@NikkiXC]

What are the widths of the pipes you are using? Thanks ;)

[@Jahnca]

About the length of each section: 30/40 centimeter each? And the internal diameter?

[@WetDidgeridoo]

I need to make an updated guide for this. I would recommend trying many options but a good general rule to get the first trumpet (partial) to sit less then one octave away is to have a skinny neck (15-25mm) that makes up 30%-40% of the instrument and a long bell section (like the one in this video) that makes up around 30% of the total length. That bell section can be somewhere between 6-9cm in diameter. The mid section can be relative to how long you make your neck section. Don't get too caught up on specifics. I made this video when I was still newly exploring this realm and it is not a perfect example, but one that works. There are sooooooo many ways to make good instruments that it is important to just keep exploring. I hope that helps:)

[@Jahnca]

I've tryed some 26 millimeters diameter and about 65/70 centimeter lenght first section on wood, and i think ther's too much backpressure and also a not really pretty resonance, so before i work on logs, i'll make some experiment whit PVC. Anyway, thanks!

[@WetDidgeridoo]

Yes indeed. You have to unfortunately sacrifice the regular drone quality in order to make these more extreme tuning relationship between the drone and the first trumpet. Its very very difficult to lower the trumpet in a big way on wider neck instruments, but wider neck instruments have a far richer tone in the drone. I think of it like an electric guitar vs an acoustic one. The electric sounds bad when UN-amplified. These tight neck, extreme tunings offer way more playable notes, but rough sound quality, and therefore work best with a band or mixed with other instruments.

[@WetDidgeridoo]

Yes it's very different from playing a long didge because you must create the lower drones back pressure yourself by building your lip strength:) Your girlfriend will be grateful....

[@NikkiXC]

Thanks buddy ;)

[@stevensmeka]

This was a real bad instruction video- leaving the viewer with more questions than answers. Even to reproduce your didgeridoo is a guess. How many inches was each piece you used? What were the pipe types? Way to toot your own horn!!