yodeling

8 8.4

Singing that quickly changes from low to high voice with clear breaks

noun
/ˈjoʊdəlɪŋ/

: yodeling

The yodeling of roosters outside and the clashing of pots below woke me just after dawn the next morning.
yodeling contest
yodeling music
yodeling cowboy

And they do that cool yodeling shit.

Examples

And I sang all the song myself, but for the yodeling, I had a little help.
The yodeling cowboy migrated into early commercial country music in recordings by Jimmie Rodgers, the Carter Family, Hank Williams, and many more.

Academic text (2005)
The magazine writes that the song features yodeling, acoustic guitar.

Blog text (34)
"Their mix of singing and yodeling, coupled with their good spirits, won them a job.

Blog text (6)
On Saturday, cowboys from every part of the county came to yodel in the yodeling contest.

Fiction book (2002)
Perhaps the most striking and surprising connection is the prominence of yodeling in both groups of songs.

Academic text (2005)
On stage, Uncle Roy and his Red Creek Wranglers were providing a twangy background, a potent mixture of slide guitar and yodeling that came at you like a truckful of turkeys.

Fiction book (1991)
On Saturday, cowboys from every part of the county came to yodeling in the yodeling contest.
Your musical influences are the kind of things that nobody would expect, including yodeling and cowboy music.

Surface Forms

yodeling singular

yodelings plural

Morphology

yodeling = yodel (transparent) = yodel + ing

Derived directly from the verb 'yodel' with the nominal/gerundive suffix '-ing', so the meaning is the action of yodeling.

Etymology

Yodeling comes from the German word jodeln, which copies the short shout 'yo' that singers used in the Alps to call across valleys. That's why yodeling means a style of singing that quickly jumps between low and high notes with clear breaks.