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This street musician filmed in Germany has some great skills at playing the didgeridoo. In his right hand, he is using Australian clapsticks called “bilma” to keep the beat. If you’d like to learn more about bilma or find instructions on making your own, click on the link here: http://makingmulticulturalmusic.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/make-your-own-bilma-australia-clapsticks/

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You can make musical instruments out of some remarkable items – and they really sound good. Although the didgeridoo is an instrument that has it’s roots in Australia’s Aboriginal culture, this “home improvement” didg was videotaped near the Bahnhof Zoo in Berlin, Germany and is made from a long tube and a plastic traffic cone. If you’d like to color your own didg online – you can visit this link: http://www.dariamusic.com/color_Didg.php. If you’d like to make a homemade didg, check out these simple instructions: http://www.dariamusic.com/make_Didg.php

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One instrument most closely associated with the mountains of the Swiss and German Alps is the Alpenhorn. Here is a group of players performing together at the International Alphorn Festival in 2011

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