Well, the main reason I want to play the didgeridoo is it just sounds awesome. It sounds like some alien noise basically.
It is the only instrument that is completely Australian. I just want to learn it, just sounds really interesting.
He uses it in the usual way to mean he wishes or desires to learn. So let’s watch Rif learning :
He says that Rif is ‘getting it’ – he’s understanding how to do it. And he’s getting it ‘straight away’, which means immediately. Listen again:
You compress you mouth in there so there’s no air can escape in or out then just blow nice and soft. That'll be the first noise is just the drone. So it's just …Yeah, see you're getting it straight away.
So its' like ……
Trap your lips inside so that no air can come out and yeah, just blow soft. And keep trying it a cou..
Yeah, there you go.
He said 'there you go' – this is a phrase often used to encourage and praise. Next, listen for the way Rif stresses that what he is doing is very difficult:
The breathing, the breathing is really, really hard to get.
That's the hardest part. The hardest part is the breathing, the circular breathing.
He said it's really, really hard. To emphasise something you can sometimes repeat adverbs such as really or very and say it's very, very hard or it's really, really hard. Listen to Rif say it again:
He said 'I don't think I'll get it' – he doesn't think he'll be able to do it. Next, listen for the expression that means to try or make an attempt:
He listened and I didn't have to say anything twice. He did really well for a beginner to get down what he did get down. I'm gonna jump on and do just a little bit of busking and during the song Rif's going to jump in and have a little go himself, just have a little drone along with me. Pretty much just accompany me.
Have a little go himself – to have a go is try to do something. You can also say ‘give it a go’, like this:
We'll finish with Rif using the word 'jam', which means to play music together:
One of my goals when I came to Australia was actually to busk – not just busk, to actually jam with some Australian musicians and it does not get more Australian than this.
