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PRONUNCIATION OF DIDJERIDU

didjeridu  [ˌdɪdʒərɪˈduː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIDJERIDU

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Didjeridu is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DIDJERIDU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

didjeridu

Didgeridoo

The didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia around 1,500 years ago and still in widespread use today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe". Musicologists classify it as a brass aerophone. There are no reliable sources stating the didgeridoo's exact age. Archaeological studies of rock art in Northern Australia suggest that the people of the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory have been using the didgeridoo for less than 1,000 years, based on the dating of paintings on cave walls and shelters from this period. A clear rock painting in Ginga Wardelirrhmeng, on the northern edge of the Arnhem Land plateau, from the freshwater period shows a didgeridoo player and two songmen participating in an Ubarr Ceremony. A modern didgeridoo is usually cylindrical or conical, and can measure anywhere from 1 to 3 m long. Most are around 1.2 m long. Generally, the longer the instrument, the lower the pitch or key of the instrument. However, flared instruments play a higher pitch than unflared instruments of the same length.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIDJERIDU


ado
əˈduː
billet-doux
ˌbɪlɪˈduː
clabby-doo
ˌklæbɪˈduː
clappy-doo
ˌklæpɪˈduː
cock-a-doodle-doo
ˌkɒkəˌduːdəlˈduː
cushie-doo
ˌkʊʃɪˈduː
didgeridoo
ˌdɪdʒərɪˈduː
didjeridoo
ˌdɪdʒərɪˈduː
fondu
fɒnˈduː
fordo
fɔːˈduː
how-do-you-do
ˌhaʊdəjəˈduː
Kathmandu
ˌkætmænˈduː
Katmandu
ˌkætmænˈduː
outdo
ˌaʊtˈduː
overdo
ˌəʊvəˈduː
redo
riːˈduː
Skidoo
skɪˈduː
tendu
tɑːnˈduː
to-do
təˈduː
undo
ʌnˈduː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIDJERIDU

diddy
didelphian
didelphic
didelphid
didelphine
didelphous
Diderot
didgeridoo
didicoy
didjeridoo
didn´t
dido
didrachm
didrachma
didrachmae
didst
didy
didymium
didymous
didynamian

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIDJERIDU

bedu
bundu
Chengdu
compte rendu
edu
greater kudu
Hindu
kudu
lesser kudu
malentendu
Mont Perdu
nandu
nhandu
pendu
perdu
pudu
Tamil Nadu
teledu
Urdu
wudu

Synonyms and antonyms of didjeridu in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «didjeridu» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIDJERIDU

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Translator English - Chinese

didjeridu
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

didjeridu
570 millions of speakers

English

didjeridu
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

didjeridu
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

didjeridu
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

didjeridu
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

didjeridu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

didjeridu
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

didgeridoo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Didjeridu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Didgeridoo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ディジュリドゥ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

didjeridu
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Didjeridu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

didjeridu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

didjeridu
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दजेरिदु
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

didjeridudur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

didjeridu
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

didjeridu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

didjeridu
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

didjeridu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

didjeridu
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

didjeridu
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

didjeridu
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

didjeridu
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of didjeridu

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIDJERIDU»

The term «didjeridu» is normally little used and occupies the 129.438 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIDJERIDU» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about didjeridu

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIDJERIDU»

Discover the use of didjeridu in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to didjeridu and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The didjeridu: from Arnhem Land to Internet
The Didjeridu: From Arabem Land to Internet is the first comprehensive study of the Australian Aboriginal instrument, the didjeridu, from a range of musical, cultural and sociological viewpoints.
Karl Neuenfeldt, 1997
2
The Call of the Didjeridu
A DIDJERIDU is AcTuALLY A TERMITE'S Nes'r K "USUAL” TERMITE MOUND EUCALYPTUS TERMITE'S NEST INSTRUMENT... IT is A TRuMP, AN AEROPHONE BELONGING To THE BRASS MUSICAL FAMILY EVEN THOUGH MADE oc ...
Francis Collie
3
Portals: Opening Doorways to Other Realities Through the Senses
The effect of didjeridu playing, according to Turner, is like Tibetan chanting. It simultaneously 'charges' and 'discharges' and produces a paradoxical state of ' excited relaxation' (Turner 1997: 34). Gula told Turner that playing the didjeridu ...
Lynne Hume, 2007
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APAIS 1998: Australian public affairs information service
19, no.1, Apr 1998 : 5-19 (Aboriginal music* / Musical instruments* / Education, Multicultural* / Anthropology / Teaching) A981010134 Accompanying the Dreaming: determinants of didjeridu style in traditional and popular Yolngu song [ Image ...
National Library of Australia
5
Melodies of Mourning: Music & Emotion in Northern Australia
The tone of the didjeridu reflects vocal tones that are considered to be powerful when they are hard or strong and, conversely, weak when the singing is breaking up and sounding rough. As soon as the trunk is hollowed to the required pitch, ...
Fiona Magowan, 2007
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Didjeridu Dreaming
Presents an informative overview of the manufacture, history, mythology and role of the didjeridu in Aboriginal society and includes simple lessons and exercises for those learning to play.
Adrian Parker, 2003
7
Ethnomusicology: A Research and Information Guide
The Didjeridu: From Arnhem Land to Internet. Sydney: J. Libbey/Perfect Beat Publications. viii, 184 p., illus. ISBN 9781864620030. ML990.D53 D54 1997 A collection of essays that explore musical, social, and political aspects of the Australian ...
Jennifer Post, 2013
8
World Music: A Global Journey - eBook & mp3 Value Pack
An Aboriginal dance accompanied by clapsticks and a didjeridu (Axel Poignant, 1952) ANIMISM Belief systems in which natural phenomena as well as both animate and inanimate objects are considered to possess a spirit. DREAMTIME A ...
Terry E. Miller, Andrew Shahriari, 2013
9
New Classical Music: Composing Australia
and didjeridu of 1971 which, in effect, exploited the huge technological gulf between the didjeridu and modern instruments: the didjeridu is notated as a single dark line in the score, against which the other instruments play often extravagantly ...
Gordon Kerry, 2009
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
H] BT Didiniidae Didius Falco, Marcus (Fictitious character) USE Falco, Marcus Didius (Fictitious character) Didjeridoo USE Didjeridu Didjeridu (May Subd Geog ) [ML990.053 (History)] [MT553.053 (Instruction)] UF Didgeridoo Didjeridoo ...
Library of Congress, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIDJERIDU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term didjeridu is used in the context of the following news items.
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Asheville area acoustic music, classical, comedy, more
Didjeridu exhibition/performance and storytelling. $15. www.thealtamont.com. David Grisman Sextet and Bryan Sutton Band: July 17, 8-10 p.m., ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»
2
Cousin Jack's Mariposa Evenings Presents Music in the Art Park on …
Trance Mission features three extraordinary multi-instrumentalist/composers (Stephen Kent: didjeridu, percussion, cello-sintir; Beth Custer: B ... «Sierra Sun Times, Jun 15»
3
Afro-Latin Shamanic Journey Across South America
... Casey Skodnek on guitar and bass; Walker Free on piano, AJ block on didjeridu; Tyler Sussman on flute; and Seraina Grathowi on violin. «World Music Central, Jun 15»
4
Summer Reading Programs
... Hit me with a Stick, and Didjeridu and Some Fun, Too, about Australian musical instruments. Hours 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; ... «The Southern, May 15»
5
Cures For Snoring: Mouth And Tongue Exercises That'll Help You …
The muscles in the throat that you use to play the didjeridu are perfect in the prevention of snoring. While you are in a car to go to work, turn on ... «Medical Daily, May 15»
6
David Lynch: music to lose your mind to
It seems almost quaint with hindsight, but "a white didjeridu player" looked like a "contrivance" to one critic when Coulter joined the Kronos ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»
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Ancient instrument musician René Jenkins presents sound blessing …
René Jenkins, who has mastered a host of ancient indigenous instruments from the Didjeridu of Australia to Tibetan bowls and bells to ritual ... «Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Mar 15»
8
Other Minds 2015 Merges Art and Politics
14 “Quamby” for string quartet and didjeridu. Sculthorpe, who had planned to attend the festival before his untimely death, used the quartet to ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Mar 15»
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Classical CDs Weekly: Nielsen, Prokofiev, Sculthorpe, Tchaikovsky
Think gentility, manners, delicacy, subtlety – while the didjeridu at full pelt is one of the world's rawest, earthiest noises. What could be the ... «The Arts Desk, Feb 15»
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Reviews: Edition jazz; Peter Sculthorpe; Roger Woodward; Ben …
Peter Sculthorpe: The Complete String Quartets with Didjeridu. Del Sol Quartet. Sono Luminus. 5 stars. AS it was for many composers, the ... «The Australian, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Didjeridu [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/didjeridu>. May 2024 ».
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