Alex Didg D Signature Othello Ravez
My comments: Alex Didgeridoo made this didgeridoo with the help of Othello Ravez. With one goal: to promote the partnership between an artist and a manufacturer to develop a very specific instrument. Through traditional learning and contemporary exploration of the instrument, Othello creates a unique and captivating musical universe. The air column of this instrument is relatively open, which gives an air-intensive didg but which maintains very comfortable playability, and which is ideal for playing Cheek/Diaphragm... The rebound of the diaphragm is very flexible and the cheeks empty with ease, while the overvibrations are simply magnificent and well distributed! Alex was able to find a balance that offers extra warmth and sonic presence!
Othello talks about his didgeridoo “This didgeridoo means a lot to me. This is the first didgeridoo discussed together with Alex to move towards an instrument that suits me as much as possible. This D is an open didgeridoo, with a very present bass, clear, warm and well balanced. It leaves room for harmonics which stand out with ease, clarity and softness. A sound with a warm, clear timbre emerges. A power in its roundness, a perfect balance of the voice, the depth of the attacks, even the percussion playing outside the didgeridoo: udu (poté) style. The sound of this didgeridoo has always been noticed and appreciated by orchestral musicians and jazz musicians, as well as many didgeridoo players of all styles. Even before its creation, with Alex but also with Gauthier we discussed at length in detail the possibilities that this future didgeridoo could offer. By talking about it, he appeared to me in my dreams. When I first held it in my hands it was as in my dreams as I hoped it would be. This is certainly one of Alex's finest achievements. »
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Classification
This scale is the result of an air column/bell start ratio If we divide the diameter of the bell with that of the beginning of the air column we get a number between 1.5 and 3.5. We can classify all the didgeridoos in 4 large families. Each family groups the instruments with a similar character, simply based on the overall shape of the air column (conical/cylindrical) and on the diameter of the column (wide/narrow). The result is a simple and very reliable reading grid, making it easier to search and purchase on line.
The diameters are measured with a caliper, start of the air column after the mouthpîece. This ratio is very reliable for a didg having a air column with a 'smooth' internal work, in the case of a hollowed eucalyptus instrument it give an approach of the instrumental character.
Alex Didgeridoo
Fabricant français de didgeridoos selon la méthode du Sandidg
Alex, Qui est-il?
"La passion pour la fabrication de didgeridoos m'a pris très naturellement en 1994, alors que je découvrais l'instrument. J'ai alors réalisé des instruments en érable dans l'atelier de modelage sur bois familial. Mais je n'ai commencé à m'intéresser à la fabrication de didgeridoos en eucalyptus d'Australie creusés par les termites que bien des années plus tard, lors de mon premier voyage en Australie. Depuis, je travaille de multiples essences de bois et j'ai développé différentes techniques de fabrication. Restant toujours curieux pour de nouveaux bois, de nouvelles protections et de nouveaux instruments, j'enrichis ainsi mes compétences et ma gamme d'instruments."
Comment Alex fait-il ses didgs?
"La technique que j'utilise consiste à réaliser l'instrument en 2 parties, puis de coller ces parties ensemble. La grande particularité des didgeridoos 'sandwich' que je fabrique consiste principalement dans le choix du bois ; je ne choisis pas une branche comme point de départ, comme beaucoup le font, mais je vais acheter du bois avive ou en plateau, parfaitement sec, sélectionné avec soin et d'essences de grande qualité, dont je sculpte entièrement l'intérieur et l'extérieur. Cette façon de procéder me permet de réaliser n'importe quelle forme, ma seule contrainte restant les dimensions du morceau de bois original." Alex