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Published online 6 July 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050704-7

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Physicists learn secrets of didgeridoo

Acoustics show how players produce wide variety of sounds.

Australian researchers have delved deep into the world of acoustic physics to unravel part of their country's indigenous heritage: the ancient art of playing the didgeridoo. The secret of an accomplished performance, they have discovered, is all in the voice box.

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