Editing Didgeridoo (section)

==Playing==
[[File:Didgeridoo (Imagicity 1070).jpg|thumb| Ŋalkan Munuŋgurr performing with [[East Journey]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Graves |first1=Randin |title=Yolngu are People 2: They're not Clip Art |url=https://yidakistory.com/blog/page/4/ |website=Yidaki History |date=2 June 2017 |access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref>]]
A didgeridoo can be played simply by producing a vibrating sound of the lips to produce the basic drone. More advanced playing involves the technique known as [[circular breathing]]. The circular breathing technique requires breathing in through the nose whilst simultaneously using the muscles of the cheeks to compress the cheeks and release the stored air out of the mouth. By using this technique, a skilled player can replenish the air in their lungs, and with practice they can sustain a note for as long as desired. Recordings exist of modern didgeridoo players playing continuously for more than 40 minutes; [[Mark Atkins (musician)|Mark Atkins]] on ''Didgeridoo Concerto'' (1994) plays for over 50 minutes continuously. Although circular breathing does eliminate the need to stop playing to take a breath, discomfort might still develop during a period of extended play due to chapped lips or other oral discomfort. 

The didgeridoo functions "as an aural kaleidoscope of timbres"<ref name="baines">{{cite book |last=Baines |first=A. |title=The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |date=1992}}</ref> and "the extremely difficult virtuoso techniques developed by expert performers find no parallel elsewhere".<ref name="baines" />

The didgeridoo virtuoso and composer [[William Barton (musician)|William Barton]] has expanded the role of the instrument in the concert hall both with his own orchestral and chamber music works and with those written or arranged for him by prominent Australian composer [[Peter Sculthorpe]].