"playing the Duduk is a never ending quest to be in tune"

This too is my first reed instrument and your instruction was really helpful. Gratitude for putting this great set of lessons online.

I appreciate your lessons. This is my first reed instrument, I could not resist purchasing one once I identified the sound in a piece of music. I have a moderate amount of musical experience as I play a number of other instruments, but this is a new and unique challenge. From what I have seen, there is not a whole lot of easy to approach lessons online, even less for those of us unable to read standard music notation (I cannot). Your videos are helping me get on the right course and a great starting tool.

You're a great teacher. Just got a duduk in the mail yesterday and already I can get a sound out of it thanks to these vids. I will bookmark the whole series. All the best. pb

I play the saxophone and my family had a duduk so i decided to play it and thanks to you i got my very first sound :)

You are the best Mark! Thanks for this invaluable lessons.

Thank you a lot, I managed to make my first-time new Duduk work because of you.

Finally bought a duduk today and found that sound. Your lessons are really helpful Sir.

Thank you! Only just got my A and C chromatic duduks in today, never played one before, but I managed that scale, and Scarborough Fair....

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I'm already able to get some nice sounds out of my first duduk, thanks to your videos!

Marcus here from China. this video is very helpful for me. keep doing it please.

Thank you for the lessons! Very useful!

Muchas gracias estimado Thank you very much for the lessons maestro!

So great!

sometimes i get it down to A. I found out I need to relax more the tip of my lips/ Do you have a chart for the high notes position?. Im still confused with the high notes. Thanks

Hi Mark, just started playing thanks to your lessons. Thank you very much for these, they're not too long and easy to follw! I have a question though; what is the device you're using in this lesson (it's writtten swar sudha on it) thanks!

Hi, thanks so much for your tutorials. Your fingering instructions are for 6 holes, but my duduk appears to have 8 holes, is this normal? Should I just ignore the last 2 holes?

Great lessons. I cannot get any sound of my new durum though...:(

hola. una consulta como se limpia una flauta duduk .Gracias.

I am considering buying a duduk but I don't know what kind to purchase? I have experience with double reed instruments in the past but I was curious about your recommendations.

i am going to get a Duduk soon so inpatient at the moment waiting going to be about 3 weeks to get it from Yerevan the post takes to long.

Hey there! Could you recommend a great entry level duduk for a reasonable price? If I'm not mistaken, it sounds like REEDS are the most important thing to look for. Thanks!

Hey! I recently bought a duduk and started learning through your videos. i have noticed that when trying to play those bottom 3 notes its extremely hard, theres an immense amount of back pressure stopping me from playing, on the higher notes im fines and have good breath control and such. sometimes i do find the pocket and am able to play the lower notes but i dont know what im doing different then in comparison to when i cant play the lower notes. any advice by chance? Ty in advance

Mine isn't sounding right. Playing along with the video, the first three notes sound good and reasonably in tune. After that, mine is sounding massively out of tune with the video, and not even by a little bit. I tried using the chromatic tuner on my phone. The first note is hovering between A and A#, B is accurate, C# is accurate, then I've got a flat D#, a flat F and sharp G. The octave is very sharp - it's a little sharper than A#. I am keeping all the fingers down that I can, as suggested in the video. Is this intonation completely down to me or is it likely that I have a slightly dodgy instrument?

I just tried it out, it really sounds better with this Bagpipe technique,but it is extreme hard to adopt such a fingering.

As I understand, the "empty" fingers close the holes again? Only the hole for the sound to be produces must be open?

Hi Mark, festival thank you for your lessons, I'm right at the beginning and I Bought this nice instruments to learn it. One question that I want to ask is about the reed. Because I bought it for second hand and the reed too. Do you think is better sterilize the reed? If yes, there is a way to do it? Or do you suggest to buy a new brand reed? Thanks

How can I know the key of my Duduk? If I cover the first 6 holes I get an G

Спасибо, что подсказали где не надо покупать дудук. Мало того, что не строит, ещё и трость полнейшее гэ. Бедааа.

thank you for vedio

Hi again - I have a question about key: Does the reed or the body determine the key? Can you play a D duduk with any reed, or does it need to be a reed specific for D? Thanks again!

Hi Mark, I just got a duduk and have been trying to learn to play for the last week but I can't get a decent sound. Most of the time I'm just blowing air through the duduk but on the occasion I do get a sound out it sounds mostly like a trumpet. Is it my duduk or what am I doing wrong? Thanks for these videos! Much appreciated!

Really like this site and what you are doing. I have been looking for something like this for years. Can you give me contact infor for lessons?

my duduk playing is a whole tone flat! I have no idea what i am doing wrong, if i put any more pressure on the reed it just closes up. any suggestions?

are the finger placements the same for all keys of Duduk?

nice ....

Hello Mark I'm a lef-handed. Is it important while we hold the duduk?

Hi, thanx for this video. just a question...duduk have only one octave?

Hi Mark - Thank you for your response. I have a reed question: After playing for a few days, the two parts of my reed have slid slightly apart to the sides - about 1/32". The tape still holds them together, and it seems to play OK. Is this seperating normal? Is it bad? What causes it, and what can I do to prevent it? (At the moment, I am just leaving the reed out on my desk after playing -- Does it need to be enclosed?) Thank you again!

Where can I get a duduk?????

Thank you for your videos. Why have you not got them monetised? Get some adds on these and take your due renumeration for the good videos! 👍

I have 3 reeds but I only know one of them is A, how do I know about the other two?

these machines are pretty expensive any cheaper methods to achieve a similar result?

Mine is A-scale but it's playing very different notes 😑

Not sure if we get duduk in India. Could you send me some duduks?

could you explain why you are constantly fumbling around with the reed when not playing? Does that have a certain purpose?

to allow yourself to teach someone something you need to first take lessons from real masters. to teach others not knowing what you are talking about is the upper hand of frivolity

First learn to play well on duduku. Only then teach other people. The cardinal commit technical errors duduku. Shame .............