The quickest way to learn how to play the didgeridoo is to learn how to circular breathe. The easiest instrument upon which to practice circular breathing is the didgeridoo. We'll start with the circular breathing side of this circle. To begin, you'll want a clear glass of water and a straw.

Now that you know what you're trying to do, you'll want to use a straw in a clear glass of water. Take the straw into your mouth, puff out your cheeks, and try to make the bubbles come out continuously.

Inhale only through your nose - keep your lips sealed on the straw! Once you have a good rhythm of inflating and deflating your cheeks while breathing in through your nose, you'll be able to eliminate that pause in between pushing out and inhaling.

The didgeridoo just is a primitive member of the brass (!) family, structurally. The sound starts with buzzing your lips. If you've played a brass instrument before, knowing that the didge is just a distant cousin of the trumpet may help.

Never played the trumpet? If you can make motorboat and fart noises without sticking your tongue out, you're ready to get sound from a didge.

Pucker your lips up in as exaggerated a fashion as possible - as if you were pretending to kiss an invisible person onstage - and stick them all the way inside the mouthpiece.

Now relax them slightly and buzz. Vary how hard (and how low or high) you buzz your lips until suddenly, the instrument vibrates. You're trying to find the resonance frequency for the instrument - the tone at which the sound waves are the right length to build up on each other inside the instrument.

Once you can get sound for more than a couple seconds, try to keep it there while you start your circular breathing. Once you get to that point, only practice is needed to start sounding good.