Vocal Skills: Alaryngeal Speech, Beatboxing, Circular Breathing, Donald Duck Talk, Eefing, Esophageal Speech, Estill Voice Training,

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Alaryngeal speech, Beatboxing, Circular breathing, Donald Duck talk, Eefing, Esophageal speech, Estill Voice Training, Falsetto, Oral myology, Speech-Language Pathology, Speech acquisition, Subvocalization (Learning and Memory), Talking Time, Ventriloquism, Vocal pedagogy, Whistling, Yodeling. Excerpt: 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 or chest register (or "chest voice") to the falsetto/head register; making a high-low-high-low sound. The English word yodel is derived from a German word jodeln (originally Austro-Bavarian language) meaning "to utter the syllable jo" (pronounced "yo" in English). This vocal technique is used in many cultures throughout the world. Although traveling minstrels were yodeling in their performances in the United Kingdom and the United States as early as the 1800s, most music historians credit the first recording to include yodeling to Riley Puckett in 1924. In 1928, blending traditional work, blues, hobo, and cowboy music, Jimmie Rodgers released his first recording "Blue Yodel No. 1," and created an instant national craze for yodeling in the United States. The popularity lasted through the 1940s, but by the 1950s it became rare to hear yodeling in Country or Western music. Most experts agree that yodeling was used by those living in the Central Alps as a method of communication between herders and their stock or between Alpine villages, with the multi-pitched "yelling" later becoming part of the region's traditional lore and musical expression. The earliest record of a yodel is in 1545, where it is described as "the call of a cowherd from Appenzell." In Persian classical music, singers frequently use tahrir, a yodeling technique that oscillates on neighbour tones. It is similar to the Swiss yodel, and is used as an ornament or trill in phrases which have long syllables, and usually falls at the end of a phrase. Tahrir is also prevalent in Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Turkish, Afghan, and Central Asian musical traditions; and to a lesser extent Pakistani and a few Indian musical traditions. In Georgian traditional music, yodeling takes the form of krimanchuli technique, and is used as a top part in three/four p