Monday 10 September 2012

DIDGERIDOO MURAL, FREMANTLE

The didgeridoo (also known as a didjeridu or didge) 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 Ceremon.

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.

This amusing mural is connected to a shop in Fremantle where one may buy didgeridoos and as the sign says, have lessons on how to play it too!

This post is part of the Monday Mural meme.



6 comments:

  1. Good find, a naive comic style of artistry here.

    Mancunian Wave Glimpses of Greater Manchester, a photo a day.

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  2. Cute mural. I like it when the owners have murals on their shops that relate to the their business.

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  3. Great, I always think of Rolf Harris when I hear about the didgeridoo.

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  4. His eyes look ready to come out of his head!

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  5. free lessons would likely keep the didgeridoos from being returned :) good marketing!

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