Tuesday, 6 February 2018

Tsamiko: My First Didgeridoo Recording

Here is my first didgeridoo recording:  Tsamiko. 


 
This recording was made using a tsamiko style midi drum loop loaded down from Goodwin Free Midi Drum Files.  I don't believe Goodwin drum tracks are available anymore.  But it is possible to find many other free drum tracks.  The Smart Hobby Musican Blog has a great list of free drum tracks:
 – sorted by genre and tempo

Tsamiko is a popular traditional folk dance of Greece, done in 3/4 time.  It seemed to me to sound like a good basis for didgeridoo.  It is fun to play didge using the variety of rhythms to avoid falling into a rhythmic rut.  There was a point where I seemed to be continually slipping into an annoying macarena rhythm.  Free drum tracks are a fun way to try many different rhythms.  

A bass track and then a didgeridoo track were added. The didgeridoo used in this recording was my ABS sectional in the key of D.

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