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This emphasis on family and community, and on the deeper brain states experienced in trance ritual and other journeys into the unconscious dream realm, help us understand why both didjeridoos and vocal toning, even some chanting, is "circular" music. Unlike linear music scores that start with a first note and move in a set rhythm until they end on the last note, didjes and toning both curve in circles, returning to the same fundamentals and basic overtones. And unlike conventional scores, which have tempi that indicate how long a piece should take, the tones of the middle brain and the didjeridoo are timeless, leading those who experience them into trance states where limits and measures no longer occur to the mind.

Thus middle brain tones and tribes both tend to move in circles. It is no wonder they are naturally linked with one another, and why western tribes that are based in both Earth and Spirit gravitate toward gatherings in which the circular actions of toning and chant, didjeridoo sound and trance dance are combined within the sacred geometry of a circle. As we´re about to see, the didj is a magic tool for other circular processes.