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a voice flipping between two registers so fast your larynx files a complaint
means Yodeling is a style of singing that rapidly switches back and forth between the chest voice and the head voice (falsetto) to produce its distinctive warbling sound.
from From German 'jodeln,' a verb meaning to utter the syllable 'jo' — essentially onomatopoeia for the sound itself. It's tied to the mountain-herding cultures of the Alps, where the technique carried across valleys both as song and as a practical long-distance call. English borrowed the word in the 19th century, keeping the German flavor right down to that initial sound that imitates the yodel.
- alpine signal
- Swiss herders yodeled to call cattle across valleys
- world record
- 22 pitch changes per second has been clocked
- vocal break
- It weaponizes the crack between chest and head voice
- global roots
- Found in African, Asian, and Indigenous traditions too
- radio fame
- Yodeling topped early American country charts in the 1920s
appenzell yodel festival — annual swiss festival in appenzell where yodeling competitions have occurred since 1910
swiss yodeling championship — biennial competition held in switzerland since 1924, the most prestigious yodeling contest
tirol yodel competition — annual austrian competition in tyrol region, major venue for alpine yodeling since the 1950s