Hard Tongue Didgeridoo – Milkay Mununggurr

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Summary

• Archive: Yolngu people of Northeast Arnhem Land, Australia, call the didgeridoo yi?aki.

• Their ngä?arr-?äl, or hard tongue, style has been called the hardest didge playing to learn.On this album, the late great ceremonial and original Yothu Yindi player Milkayngu Mununggurr (pictured at left holding the first CD out of the box back in 2005) distills yi?aki playing to the basics.

• Spoken and detailed written instructions & diagrams accompany the exercises.

• The instructions are spoken in English, but several translations are available on this website – scroll down for links.

• Rhythms are recorded at various speeds, with both the sound of the yi?aki and the breathing audible.This is the first and only album-length recording of a Yolngu player explaining the fundamental techniques clearly in terms we can all understand.