I really like your comment about sleep apnea and the exercise you mentioned. Its the main reason why I have been learning didge ( to try to naturally overcome sleep apnea, rather than using a cpap machine). Thanks for your videos man

14:50 where David talks about reigniting the process from the lungs after you pushed out the air from the mouth chamber. This is a very tricky part for us noobs as that's usually where the cracks in continuity appear. The is a space between the mouth play and the next play from the lungs. The space is really apparent and breaks the flow.

Thank you for your time playing and braking down fun fundamentals of playing the didgeridoo, I'm on day four of circular pressure exercises, there is little to no pause in my vibrational sound now, again thank you

Holy shit, dude!!! I just got it BECAUSE I watched your 1st vid explaining its pressure!!!!! Omg. Watched other vids and couldn’t get it until you reworded it! I experimented then just understood what you explained when i felt it.

The perfect explanation. So much easier to visualize, ty so much.

Very helpful . Still trying to get the breathing down.

Thank you so much! I loved the last video. And this one was just as helpful. I've been struggling for over a week trying to get my lips vibrating without my lungs. I've watched a ton of videos and yours are the only ones that finally made it click for me. I'm finally able to produce a decent sound using only my face and throat muscles. I still need to work on a smoother transition between the two types of pressure while breathing in. But I feel like I'm finally past the stock point. Thank you again and I look forward to watching more of your videos.

I'm Drew and I've been playing the Didgeridoo for 11 years now I first came across a Didgeridoo when I was a student at Carwarden House School because we used to have a multicultural week. My too favourite cultures are Aboriginal culture and North American Indian culture as well. I have a lot of respect for both of these cultures. I started playing the Didgeridoo when I was at Ruskin Mill in Gloucestershire. I'm not Australian or Aboriginal I'm a British Didgeridoo artist. I absolutely love the sound of the Didgeridoo.

You are such an amazing teacher. I have been practicing with a straw in a glass of water and I can keep bubbles going while I breathe but when I go to the didge......I fail 😢. I can’t keep the drone and then it takes forever to get the drone sound again. I practice til my lips go numb. I Try to practice 4 or 5 times a day for about 15 minutes each time. I can do circular breathing without the Didge....but I lack the pressure power to keep the sound. I love your videos and appreciate you taking the time to help us out 😀❤️

Awesome lesson, the idea of 2 areas of pressure, really helps... circular breathing term does give one a different idea...

I've just observed, that the mouthpiece, plays also a big role on circ. breathing, and you have to adjust it, to keep a better airflow...

I just watched the first video and it made total sense. Thank you!

Thank you Willam

Great update!

thanks for this video, it's very helpful. So difficult to explain something that is happening inside where we can't see it but you persevered and I appreciate it. Also, thanks for the sleep apnea tip, I was wondering if these exercises would help the throat....gives me even more reason to keep trying. I was thinking that the drone was the same but when you played a little more, I was able to hear the slight difference. I will definitely work on this.

Keep it coming!!! Happy holidays!

Thank you so so much!!! Talking more about the “second chamber” just may be what I need to unlock this technique 🙏

-This is so exellent explained! Thank you

Thanks a lot for the tip to make sure that throat is closed. I think I was loosing pressure there.

I love this

The tongue part at 6 minutes is very significant thank you so just as a singer cannot do it because the reed is in the throat the clarinet needs to be at a change point apologies to Kenny G I don't have 20 years.

that's the real explanation of circular breathing, much better explained, than your other video. cheers ✌️

This is awesome. So clear and concise. Thanks!

Very nice explanation that I can totally follow. You break it down in bits that can be tried and learned and practiced. By practicing the seperate movements it can flow in time flow together and become the beginning of circular breathing. Thank you for yo ur continuous efforts.

Grandeeee Ti dico solo una cosa: ho imparato più dai tuoi video pur non capendo bene l inglese che da tutti i video che ho visto finora nella mia lingua!!!! Ce ne fossero in italia di ragazzi che fanno dei video cosi.. Bravo!

This is super helpful, I think, I'll let you know once I've mastered it XD

cheerss from mexico....good teaching i learned from ur videos couple of years ago,a can breath now ,but its interesting that u never learn enough on the yidaki,(didgeridoo).its challenging,and its nice how u can find more ways to breath, and introduce the breathing into the rythms,ok thnx 4 ur vDEOS

SUPER CLEAR. AND FUN. THANK YOU

I agree with your learning philosophy

So i basicaly learned proper circular breathing all by myself without even knowing... Nice

Your video tweaked my playing just that little......and for the first time I did it.... albeit only a couple of times lol

gr8 videos btw. tnx for sharing 🥂✌️

Your just awesome. Nobody can explain circular breathing better than you.

Great video thank you .I have been using this instrument for helping with breathing techniques ( wim hof method included) I find the benefits amazing. When I try circular breathing there is always a slight pause at the point my cheeks are empty to going back to my lung air is there a way of using my abdomen to help this? Plus what's the best mouth piece to use ( mine is home made bees wax plus home made didgeridoo) .

thank you for these tips, they really help. I am getting the circular breathing pretty well now but it seems like after about a minute and a half/two minutes something happens and my tone breaks, and I have to restart. It seems like this is also when I need a better exhale and inhale, so I'm thinking its related to fatigue of my embouchere and not exchanging air efficiently enough yet. What do you think? could it be something else? I'm a little frustrated that I can't seem to keep it going for longer but I'm willing to accept the fact that it could just be something that comes with practice ;D

Hi David, I get your advice about not trying to achieve a perfectly smooth drone which is difficult to achieve because the 'squeeze muscles' affect the shape of the lips. Can you offer any tips about trying to minimise that effect because you certainly have managed it.

Hey man were you an extra in the movie Hot Rod? I’m pretty sure I spotted you in there.

Oh Mann you Are amazing ! I have understand what you are mean ! My didgeridoo sound is now a other one! That was the puzzle what I missed!! And this was it why I not happy with my didge sound , I can play for five minutes no problem but the sound feels not this what I hear by other good players !!but now I ‚m transformed !! I always make videos with digital sound professional mic record !! I‘ve you whant I sent und sound from yesterday and sound from today ! It so different for myself ! Thx thx thx you Are top !! Nice grezze Boxidro

THANK YOU!! your explaining circular (pressure) breathing is helping me . My beginning attempts are sounding not so lovely but I’m focusing on the technique .... I don’t feel so bad now 😂🤣 The didge is magic 🥰

For sure theory is fine but practice is something else, ! At 7,40 on the vid, I know how to do it without the didge but then I can't get a sound in the didgeridoo, I'm going to find the way I know it ! And as i said it's going to take me a lot of time . May be I have to work on the throat chakra😁 Thanks for your sharing and good evening from France (in "Haut-Beaujolais") 🙏😊.

Circulaaaar Breathiiing 👻👻👻😱 I'm also lost in the horror of circular breathing. I even canceled my lesson because I was too scared hehe.

Thank you for these videos, I feel like I am getting better. I do have one question though. When I play with side of my lips, the sounds is sharper and sounds better but the circular pressure seems much harder. When I play with the centre of my lips, sounds isn't as sharp but the circular pressure seems a bit better. Am I doing something wrong?

I watch the other video every day! Maybe I'll switch to this one now.

Cheers from South Africa.... You are a great teacher, you have an easy way. Most of my breathing techniques come from you. Question: I always have to take a deep breath through my mouth after a while. - like 6-8 times circular breathing and I have to take a big gulp of air through my mouth. How come and how to avoid it? It almost feels as if I do not breathe in enough air through my nose.

I can never do circular breathing

Bonjour a vous.dites moi parlez vous francais merci

G'day mate I bought a teak wood didge, the sound it makes is a bit weird, please advise what should I do to make it better? Appereciate that

I like the way you trim your ear to match your beard :-)

The duality of man

Is there any trick how to learn to ignore the need to swallow (salivary) while playing consecutively the drone? As trombone player I manage playing the didge quite easily and also the circular breathing. My problem is feeling the need to swallow after one minute while I want playing without stopping the drone... thanks !

Anybody else hyperventilating the shit out of themselves?

First.

Om so many videos about breathing, just get over mate! You didn't discover anything, this has been around for thousands of years. Cheers

Christ... hurry up already?