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The didgeridoo () (also known as a didjeridu) is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia potentially within the last 1,500 years and still in widespread use today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe". Musicologists classify it as a brass aerophone.〔(Brass Instruments, BBC )〕 There are no reliable sources stating the didgeridoo's exact age. Archaeological studies of rock art in Northern Australia suggest that the people of the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory have been using the didgeridoo for less than 1,000 years, based on the dating of paintings on cave walls and shelters from this period.〔 A clear rock painting in Ginga Wardelirrhmeng, on the northern edge of the Arnhem Land plateau, from the freshwater period〔(Kakadu National Park – Rock art styles )〕 (that was begun 1500 years ago) shows a didgeridoo player and two songmen participating in an Ubarr Ceremony.〔George Chaloupka, ''Journey in Time'', p. 189.〕 A modern didgeridoo is usually cylindrical or conical, and can measure anywhere from long. Most are around long. Generally, the longer the instrument, the lower its pitch or key. However, flared instruments play a higher pitch than unflared instruments of the same length. ==Names and etymology== There are numerous names for the instrument among the Aboriginal peoples of northern Australia, none of which closely resemble the word "didgeridoo" (see below). Many didgeridoo enthusiasts and some scholars advocate reserving local names for traditional instruments, and this practice has been endorsed by some Aboriginal community organisations. However, in everyday conversation, bilingual Aboriginal people will often use the word "didgeridoo" interchangeably with the instrument's name in their own language. "Didgeridoo" is considered to be an onomatopoetic word of Western invention. The earliest occurrences of the word in print include a 1919 issue of ''Smith's Weekly'' where it was referred to as an "infernal didjerry" which "produced but one sound – (phonic) didjerry, didjerry, didjerry and so on ad infinitum", the 1919 ''Australian National Dictionary'', ''The Bulletin'' in 1924 and the writings of Herbert Basedow in 1926. A rival explanation, that didgeridoo is a corruption of the Irish language (Gaelic) phrase ''dúdaire dubh'' or ''dúidire dúth'', is controversial. ''Dúdaire''/''dúidire'' is a noun that may mean, depending on the context, "trumpeter", "hummer", "crooner", "long-necked person", "puffer", "eavesdropper", or "chain smoker", while ''dubh'' means "black" and ''dúth'' means "native". ''Yiḏaki'' (sometimes spelt ''yirdaki'') is one of the most commonly used names, although – strictly speaking – it refers to a specific type of instrument made and used by the Yolngu people of north-east Arnhem Land. However, since the passing, in early 2011, of a Manggalili-clan man whose name sounds similar to ''yiḏaki'', Yolngu themselves now use the synonym ''mandapul'' to refer to the instrument, out of respect for the deceased. There are numerous other, regional names for the didgeridoo. The following are some of the more common of these.〔(The Didgeridoo and Aboriginal Culture ) Aboriginal Australia Art and Culture Centre of Alice Springs〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「didgeridoo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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