Yodeling
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- | {{Template}}'''Yodeling''' (or '''yodelling''', '''jodeling''') is a form of [[singing]] that involves singing an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch from the vocal [[chest register]] (or "chest voice") to the [[head register]] (or "head voice"), making a high-low-high-low sound. This vocal technique is used in many cultures throughout the world. | + | {{Template}} |
+ | '''Yodeling''' (or '''yodelling''', '''jodeling''') is a form of [[singing]] that involves singing an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch from the vocal [[chest register]] (or "chest voice") to the [[head register]] (or "head voice"), making a high-low-high-low sound. This vocal technique is used in many cultures throughout the world. | ||
In [[Music of Switzerland|Alpine folk music]], it was probably developed in the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Alps]] as a method of communication between mountain peaks, and it later became a part of the traditional music of the region. In [[Music of Iran|Persian]] and [[Azeri music|Azeri]] classical music, singers frequently use [[tahrir]], a yodeling technique that oscillates on [[neighbor tone]]s. In [[Music of Georgia|Georgian traditional music]], yodelling takes the form of [[krimanchuli]] technique. In [[Central Africa]], [[Pygmy]] singers use yodels within their elaborate [[polyphonic]] singing. Yodeling is often used in American [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] and [[country music]]. | In [[Music of Switzerland|Alpine folk music]], it was probably developed in the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Alps]] as a method of communication between mountain peaks, and it later became a part of the traditional music of the region. In [[Music of Iran|Persian]] and [[Azeri music|Azeri]] classical music, singers frequently use [[tahrir]], a yodeling technique that oscillates on [[neighbor tone]]s. In [[Music of Georgia|Georgian traditional music]], yodelling takes the form of [[krimanchuli]] technique. In [[Central Africa]], [[Pygmy]] singers use yodels within their elaborate [[polyphonic]] singing. Yodeling is often used in American [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] and [[country music]]. | ||
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- | *''Yodel-Ay-Ee-)000: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World'' by Bart Plantenga, New York: Routledge, 2004), ISBN 0-415-93990-9 --from [[Switzerland]] to the [[avant-garde]], exhaustive survey of the field. | + | *''[[Yodel-Ay-Ee-)000: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World]]'' (2003) by Bart Plantenga |
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Yodeling (or yodelling, jodeling) is a form of singing that involves singing an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch from the vocal chest register (or "chest voice") to the head register (or "head voice"), making a high-low-high-low sound. This vocal technique is used in many cultures throughout the world.
In Alpine folk music, it was probably developed in the Swiss Alps as a method of communication between mountain peaks, and it later became a part of the traditional music of the region. In Persian and Azeri classical music, singers frequently use tahrir, a yodeling technique that oscillates on neighbor tones. In Georgian traditional music, yodelling takes the form of krimanchuli technique. In Central Africa, Pygmy singers use yodels within their elaborate polyphonic singing. Yodeling is often used in American bluegrass and country music.
References
- Yodel-Ay-Ee-)000: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World (2003) by Bart Plantenga