My most fundamental didgeridoo knowledge - PUSH and PULL principle 

You are so incredibly brutally welcome! ;-)

More tricks are coming!!! ;-)

Jonathan Lewis that’s totally what’s happening to me right now 😁

I think I had a lot of practice as a teacher, I don't know if I am a natural teacher. The lessons are coming!

Yes Sir!

It is indeed a huge change in one's playing when you balance both principles.

Jaw breathing is probably best example of the pull, however, the concept of pull goes much deeper, as explained in the video.

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Спасибо!

I usually refer to it as smooth drone... if you relax and make the right embouchure.. it becomes reasonably easy to play. especially on didgeridoos with high bp.

I deliberately lose air from the side of my lips in that example which you have noticed well! I let air out because the didge cannot swallow it all in such a short amount of time. However, I need to expel that amount of air because I had that kind of pressure within. I had that kind of pressure within so I can gain that kind of elasticity (which is in related to tension- think about a guitar string) so I can recover more quickly and get back to the central position. I agree that everyone is always a student, and that is the only mindset that allows growth, but also I see that condition to keep mouth corners closed at all time is not as important as understanding deeply these principles. Thank you for your great comment, it opened a good discussion!

@@DuendeDidgeridoo Thanks for your response. "Letting air out the sides of your mouth reduces the effect of the sound you are going for..." whether you do it deliberately or not! It also creates an extra sound and therefore detracts (in my opinion) from the whole "resultant sound" for the listener - think of it like the sound heard sometimes when a guitarist moves fingers on a guitar, not all people dislike this sound for example. I understand your explanation here and do see your meaning of it being a way to control your "position" I also see what you are saying about power generation but I still do not think you NEED to expel the air from the sides of your mouth to achieve the *sounds* you produce in the video. I suppose my criticism is in essence a stylistic choice - in other words it is just my personal taste and for you to play the way you play this is part of the technique, fair enough. It is a good discussion and I will certainly consider your idea of guitar string/elasticity and "excess power".