Gamanarra ochre-painted yirdaki - outstanding!
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- Author: ididjaustralia
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This is a really super instrument. It is light, easy to play, responds exquisitely to traditional Yolngu rhythms and techniques. It is also adorned with gorgeous Dhalwangu clan motiffs rendered in ochre.Gamanarra Wunungmurra is not a prolific yirdaki maker, but the few he makes show exacting...
David Dharrapuy - yirdaki maestro! Djambarrpuyngu manikay
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- Author: ididjaustralia
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This was the very first ceremony I ever filmed in Arnhem Land, back in 1996. In that year I used a Panasonic A3, a VHS-C video camera. This was before mini-DV video cameras were invented. The Panasonic did its job and I was pretty happy with it overall.This video clip is a compilation of material...
Djalu Gurruwiwi making and playing a yirdaki 2004
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Watch Djalu Gurruwiwi and his wife Dopiya Yunupingu making and playing a yirdaki in 2004. Filmed for The National Science and Technology Centre in Canberra, Australia, for its 'Strike a Chord' music exhibition.
Djalu gives tuition, Rripangu Yirdaki Festival, Germany 2002
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Close-ups of Djalu giving tuition at the Rripangu Yirdaki Festival in Eisenbach, Germany, 2002.
Guwanbal yirdaki in C sharp
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A yirdaki made by Jason Guwanbal and played by Larry Winiwini and Djalu Gurruwiwi.
Larry Winiwini Gurruwiwi - crankin' up yirdaki!
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- Author: ididjaustralia
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Due to the overwhelming response to the Baywara clip and requests for more tutorial-type material, here's another one of Larry Winiwini that will be useful for students and budding traditionalists. Larry really is a fine player and seems to be only getting stronger and stronger each year. Those...
David Dharrapuy, yirdaki ceremonial player, Ramingining
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- Author: ididjaustralia
Tags: arnhem david daygurrgurr dharrapuy didgeridoo didjeridu gaykamangu gupapuyngu land ramingining yidaki yirdaki yolngu
David Dharrapuy is a 37 year old yirdaki player. He was born at Milingimbi and currently resides in Ramingining's outstation Nangalala, his mother's land.He is Ramingining community's main ceremonial yirdaki player. He plays yirdaki for the Gupapuyngu, Djambarrpuyngu, Liyagalawumirr, Mildjingi,...
Djalu's personal yirdaki played by Larry Winiwini
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This has been one of Djalu's personal instruments.For those interested in configurations, it plays in the key of E with an F overtone. Length is 151 cm, with a 29-30 mm diameter mouthpiece opening and a bell of 10-11 cm diameter. Weight is 5.0 kg.This yirdaki is pronounced in its acoustic...
Silver Bullet - used yirdaki played by Larry Winiwini
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- Author: ididjaustralia
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This yirdaki is an old one that has been used by various Yolngu yirdaki players in Arnhem Land. Its entire length has been covered by silver duct tape, hence the nickname I have given it: Silver Bullet!The way Larry plays this yirdaki is astounding. Wonderful syncopation with simple but effective...
Australian of the Year Mandawuy Yunupingu, yirdaki interview
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Mandawuy Yunupingu is, amongst other things, the lead singer of, or front man for, the Yothu Yindi band. It was Yothu Yindi that brought the power of the yirdaki onto the world's stage back in the 1980s... the band's reach has been phenomenal and the recognition of the yirdaki outside of...
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