Talk:Yodeling

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What does the above mean? Hyacinth 00:09, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This article has content that would be useful at WP's sister project, Wiktionary (indeed it was requested). Therefore, the text and page history now exists at Transwiki:Yodeling, which is a transitional page before it is formatted for a dictionary entry on Wiktionary. As this page is clearly encyclopedic as well as giving a dictionary defintion of yodeling, I am removing the notice here so it will not be listed for deletion.--Dmcdevit 01:20, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

another loada bull,"the" yodel as heard in country music was born out of the morris dance, a folk music from abbots bromley, in the olden england. ya can still hear it sometimes, some country artists do it to give it some spice.

Unfortunately, the author displays a lack of understanding of both vocalic function ("chest voice, " or "voce di petto", and "head voice", or "voce di testa", are vocal registers distinct from "falsetto", the entirely different means of vocal production employed in yodeling which gives is its distinctive sound) and the common use of yodeling in contemporary popular music (e.g. Jeff Buckley, pj harvey, Frou Frou, and many others). I would strongly dispute the validity and usefulness of this article. cf. Miller, García, et al. [remededefortune]

[edit] Taylor Ware???

Of all the people who are known for yodeling, Taylor Ware gets a mention? Are her 15 minutes of fame seriously worth putting in this article? Arx Fortis 22:55, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Since there are no comments, I will likely leave the quote on the page until after this season of the show is over. If it was removed now, someone would just add it back. Objections? Arx Fortis 20:20, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

    • You are quite right, even though at her age, she is quite fantastic. After exhausted months of trying last year we finally got two of the most famous African American yodelers posted on this site. No, not Charley Pride. As of this year, that information has been removed by entities unknown and Wikipedia alleges no knowledge of such. I even sent them copies of their own pages hosting that information and they have refused to open them to see that it really existed??? [Joe Arnold, Roughshod Records]

[edit] What's with the edit war over the examples?

So I probably should've looked at the history before I added my contribution from the Sound of Music. I see that someone keeps deleting most of the examples, including a much better version of my contribution. Why? Is there a need to call for a lockdown? Nerwen 07:28, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Update: All right, I restored the last good copy before all the pointless vandal edit wars, and then incorporated the good bits from the most recent version. Should be all good now and hopefully the random vandalism has passed. Nerwen 08:27, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
I deleted copyvio blatant advertising pasted from www.cdbaby.com/cd/mikejohnson. Who is this Mike Johnson anyway? He doesn't seem to be Michael Johnson (singer).--Shantavira|feed me 12:23, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

It seems that we have persistent vandals from the 70.226.* and 71.252.* blocks. They invariably delete Kerry Christiansen. I've looked him up, and he's notable enough to be in the list of examples. I suspect it's one person who has some kind of personal vendetta against Kerry Christiansen. Nerwen 08:08, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] See Also

Doo-wop? What does doo-wop have to do with yodelling (in preference to, say, rock or country?) I wasn't aware that yodelling formed a huge part in doo-wop. Perhaps I have lead too sheltered a life! Slothie 14:36, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Beats me. I know nothing about yodelling, I'm just here to guard the article against blatant vandalism. Feel free to remove if you know better. ;) Nerwen 04:08, 12 October 2007 (UTC)