Editing Didgeridoo (section)

{{short description|Traditional Australian musical instrument}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox Instrument
|name=Didgeridoo
|image=Australiandidgeridoos.jpg
|image_capt =A, B and C: traditionally made didgeridoos.<br />D and E: non-traditional didgeridoos
|background=
|names=Didjeridu, yiḏaki, mandapul, mako, and various other local names 
|classification=
*[[Wind instrument|Wind]]
*[[Aerophone]]
|hornbostel_sachs=423.121.11
|hornbostel_sachs_desc=end-blown straight tubular [[natural trumpet]] without mouthpiece
|range=Written range: fundamental typically A2 to G3
|related=<!--Do not add random wind instruments here; no sources indicate that there are any instruments actually directly related in origin to this one.-->
}}
[[File:Didgeridu and clap sticks.jpg|thumb|Didgeridoo and [[clapstick]] players performing at [[Nightcliff, Northern Territory]]]]
[[File:Didgeridoo sound.ogg|thumb|240px|Sound of didgeridoo]]
[[File:21922 anton drone-key-d.wav|thumb|240px|A didgeribone, a sliding-type didgeridoo]]
The '''didgeridoo''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|d|ɪ|dʒ|ər|i|ˈ|d|uː}};({{Audio|En-us-didgeridoo.ogg|}})), also spelt '''didjeridu''', among other variants, is a [[wind instrument]], played with vibrating lips to produce a continuous [[Drone (music)|drone]] while using a special breathing technique called [[circular breathing]]. The didgeridoo was developed by [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal peoples]] of northern Australia at least 1,000 years ago, and is now in use around the world, though still most strongly associated with [[Indigenous Australian music]]. In the [[Yolŋu languages]] of the indigenous people of northeast [[Arnhem Land]] the name for the instrument is the '''yiḏaki''', or more recently by some, '''mandapul'''. In the [[Bininj Gun-Wok|Bininj Kunwok]] language of West Arnhem Land it is known as '''mako''' (pronounced, and sometimes spelt, as '''mago''').

A didgeridoo is usually [[cylindrical]] or [[Cone (geometry)|conical]], and can measure anywhere from {{convert|1|to|3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} long. Most are around {{convert|1.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} long. Generally, the longer the instrument, the lower its pitch or key. Flared instruments play a higher pitch than unflared instruments of the same length.