Papa Wah/Didda Wah Didgeridoo Rhythm Tutorial

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2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the first rhythms I learnt many years ago and still love it. It has a dance beat to it, which is how I tend to play it. It is a simple rhythm yet when played with well executed timing it can sound powerful. The timing aspect though is subtle. I explain the basics of this rhythm/phrasing.
As I mention in the video, Papa Wah is really Kaka Wah or you can just use Ka ah wah; which I often use or Didda Wah. If you use Ka ah instead of Kaka, the ah sound is created by tongue deeper back in throat closing and opening momentarily. Don't get too hung up on the exact word phrasing and perhaps you'll find your own way to word phrase this rhythm that you prefer. Anyway, have fun with it!
I do online teaching for didge playing from beginners to advanced. A little more info. available on my website (www.joynthorpedidge.com)below and just go to Tuition page.
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@courierdog1941 8 ай бұрын

John you are the first person I have watched who is explaining how to make the various sounds on the Didgeridoo in simple "white" man terms as many of us are from North American (Canada) which does not have an analogue equivalent.

@johnthorpedidge 8 ай бұрын

Thanks 🤗

@easyrider. 6 ай бұрын

очень очень круто! пожалуйста, не останавливайтесь!

@walterbarkhuysen-tacke548 8 ай бұрын

Great tutorial, and nice to have something new to practice 😊

@jonathancrabtree2533 2 жыл бұрын

Hello there my friend, it's great to see you doing tutorials on here at last 😁 I like the Papa/Kaka Wa , I'll be practicing this.See you soon mate 👍🙏👍

@johnthorpedidge 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, glad you like it and more to go up soon.🤗

@davidchapman4087 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work John. Great to have these videos for reference. Looking forward to more.

@stefanbregenzer 2 жыл бұрын

Nice explanation. Thanks!

@marcocraamer8983 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks keep on going posting explanations!

@jeffreybradford6924 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks. 🙏

@paulvermette4291 Жыл бұрын

Love tbis rhythm

@johnthorpedidge Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@boytje58 Жыл бұрын

😀😀Thank you so much for the really excellent explanation of this rhythm, already practising!!👋

@johnthorpedidge Жыл бұрын

Great, glad it's helpful👍🤗

@ednunpourtahmasbi605 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic tutorial thank you very much. I’m going to practice this.

@johnthorpedidge Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback🤗

@yidaki_didgeridoodiomarces3662 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the class 🙏🏽🪄

@johnthorpedidge 2 жыл бұрын

And thanks for your comment

@katjasteinkellner 9 ай бұрын

thank you, this is very useful! :)

@johnthorpedidge 9 ай бұрын

Great🤗

@jcmusc 2 ай бұрын

This is clearly the part of the 4-count wobble that i need practice on. I can play the rhythm no problem but as soon as I try to breath on the wah, I lose the rhythm. It's interesting because reversed is easy where you do one push and 2 breaths or 2 wats but reverse it and do 2 pushes and 1 wat and it becomes some alien rhythm to my muscle memory even though it's literally the same 3 count beat. The psychology of music

@johnthorpedidge 2 ай бұрын

Practise it without the stick as it's often easier to get the new muscle memory. So, do the double tongue push while breathing or circular breathing. It can be tricky trying to do breath at same time as tongue wobble/double push.

@jcmusc 2 ай бұрын

@@johnthorpedidge I do that's how I figure out circular breathing. I would just be vibrating my lips all day. I'm going to try with this too

@IntuitiveWellnessAdelaide Жыл бұрын

😮❤❤❤❤❤ 0:10 wowowow 0:12

@elisaoliveira2252 Жыл бұрын

Very nice explanations😊

@johnthorpedidge Жыл бұрын

Great, glad it's helpful🤗

@johnbeddoe782 2 жыл бұрын

great video! Do you have a video explaining how you use your jaw for the inbreathe? I can do circular breathing with my cheeks but the jaw breathing eludes me. I believe Jonathan cope calls it "chew breathing"

@johnthorpedidge 2 жыл бұрын

H John, thanks. Will do tutorial re breathing at some stage but quick pointer here. With cheek breathing you squeeze cheeks in as you know, with jaw breathing you simply move jaw upwards whilst taking breath in. So, in this process your jaw has to drop first before you move it upwards. So it drops around after kaka and just before the wah sound. Then your jaw is constantly moving up and down in relation to the rhythm. Hence that's why Jonathon calls it chewing because its the movement is like that. Also keep in mind that the tongue can be used as well by pushing it up on wah sound and dropping back down for next time round. Best to experiment and like everything it will take some practise. Anyway, watch out for breathing video, not sure when yet though.

@johnbeddoe782 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnthorpedidge thanks for your reply! The chew breathing is elusive for me but thanks for your explanation!

@johnbeddoe782 Жыл бұрын

hey mate so good to come back to your video a year later and now being able to do the chew breathing. Full circle and good groove! Thanks

@johnthorpedidge 8 ай бұрын

My circular breathing video explains breathing with cheeks or jaw. You can also use tongue and both. It's just a case of instead of squeezing in cheeks you have to move jaw upwards which then pushes air out through lips. The trick is to drop jaw a little first so you can push it up. Practise it off stick to see what you're doing as well. I might put extra info on description on that video re jaw. Il go have a re look at what I explained there ... here's a link to that video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMuTnc2lxpy5f2g.htmlfeature=shared

@naadtma 4 ай бұрын

Hi John! Very nice lesson👍🏻 can u please tell me which didj is this and which key? And….can u plz make a video about saliva? How do you do when after a while saliva reaches your lips?? I still don’t know what to do. Than you so much in advance💯🤗

@johnthorpedidge 4 ай бұрын

It's a key e flat. You can play papa wah on any stick. It's just down to technique. Regarding saliva, I mention this in my video Lip Vibration & Tension (around 25mins into video). If you struggle to get the sound of this technique try practising it without using a didge to just get the technique going. Then try applying it on the didge. If you can pronounce Ka Ka or Ka ah as you're blowing a drone, that's basically it.

@naadtma 4 ай бұрын

Thank you John for your fast reply🙏🏻 the sound of this didj is beautiful. I will watch the video you mentioned, I still struggle with saliva when I play for more than 3 minutes. Thank you for your useful videos🎶🔝

@Vanderful_life 2 жыл бұрын

John are you breathing each Wah?? I feel like I don't need but I heard many times it's better to breath more often

@johnthorpedidge 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike, no I don't breathe on every wah. For certain players they may need to breathe more often, for others there's no need. Over the years I've based my breathing on a 'balance' of air which has become natural. Every person is different and although we learn for example breathing techniques off others after that it's best to adapt it to your own playing, if that makes sense. I will be doing a video, one after next I think, on circular breathing/ breathing. Hope that's helpful.

@jeffreybradford6924 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, mate!