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IAP 2009 Activities by Sponsor

Michael S Siegel

Circular Breathing
Mikey Siegel
Sun Jan 25, 06-08:00pm, BARTOS, E15-Lower Le

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Sign up not required, but please try to email me if you plan

"Circular breathing is a special technique utilized by players of some wind instruments used to produce a continuous tone without break..."
--Wikipedia.

You can learn how to circular breathe!!!

EVERYONE is welcome, and this skill is applicable to a wide range of instruments and ninja skills. Instruments are NOT required.
Contact: Mikey Siegel, E15-468, (831) 247-7246, mikeys@media.mit.edu

Tubular Didgeridoo Construction and Circular Breathing Instruction
Mikey Siegel
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 15-Jan-2009
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: lips (only for playing)
Fee: 10.00 for materials for first session

"The didgeridoo (or didjeridu) is a wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe". Musicologists classify it as an aerophone."
--Wikipedia

And you will get to build, and play one of these tubular bad boys. In 3 sessions we will construct, go over playing technique, and touch on circular breathing.
Contact: Mikey Siegel, E15-468, (831) 247-7246, mikeys@media.mit.edu

Didgeridoo Construction + Playing
Mikey Siegel
Starting from basic hardware store supplies everyone in the class will construct their own working Didgeridoo. This will be a high quality instrument, meeting or exceeding the quality of store bought synthetic (not wood) versions.
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The class will be outside so dress warm!!!
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Though the class time is listed as 6 hours, it should take less time.
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note: The $10 materials fee is only for this session, not the next one.
Sun Jan 18, 11-05:00am, Front of E15, DRESS WARM, we'll be outside

Circular Breathing
Mikey Siegel
"Circular breathing is a special technique utilized by players of some wind instruments used to produce a continuous tone without break..."
--Wikipedia.


EVERYONE is welcome, and this skill is applicable to a wide range of instruments and ninja skills. Instruments are NOT required.
--
note: The $10 materials fee is NOT required for this session.
Sun Jan 25, 06-08:00pm, BARTOS, E15-Lower Le


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