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• n  singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto
• v  sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
  The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains

• Rimes has taken that popcorn-kernel-in-the-throat catch, married it to old-fashioned yodeling and become a crossover star.
• For generations they have tracked game for chiefs in the Belgian Congo, emitting only an occasional soft "groo," plaintively yodeling during the mating season, but never barking.
• To do this, some hollerers relied on a yodeling style in which every note was sung twice, a vibrating octave or so apart.

• yodel
• warble
• descant

News & Articles

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• Country Singer And Yodeling Legend Slim Whitman Dies At 90
  Whitman was known for a lot of things: his yodeling, his tenor falsetto and country songs, his mustache, and he was even known as "America's Favorite Folksinger" at some point. [ more › ]
  June 19, 2013 - Austinist
• Country warbler Slim Whitman dies
  Slim Whitman, the yodeling county music singer whose productive career spanned decades, died Wednesday, his son-in-law told CNN. He was 90.
  June 19, 2013 - CNN
• Country singer Slim Whitman dies
  Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeling county music singer whose productive career spanned decades, died Wednesday, his son-in-law told CNN. He was 90.
  June 19, 2013 - CNN

Quotes

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• Jerry Yang in Washington Post
  It's time to get Yahoo yodeling again,Yang said.
• Scott McClellan in San Francisco Chronicle
  This was the first time ever that a senator has called for a filibuster from the slopes of Davos, Switzerland,McClellan said at his daily briefing for reporters. "I think even for a senator, it takes some pretty serious yodeling to call...
• Taylor Ware in AngryCountry.com
  It's a great honor to yodel at Carnegie Hall, and I'm also very excited to spread my love of yodeling on my trip to Australia,Ware said.