A beautiful song that I like very much is Ievan Polka (a popular Finnish song), in interpretation of Loituma – a Finnish quartet. If you want to know more about this song you can follow the links above. I don’t want to copy/paste the story and/or description of this song and the band; I just want you to listen the song. I’m sure that many of you knows this song from the animation Loituma Girl.
2 comments November 7th, 2007
Yodeling (or yodelling) is a form of singing that involves singing an extended note which rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch from the vocal chest register (or “chest voice”) to the head register (or “head voice”), making a high-low-high-low sound. This vocal technique is used in many cultures throughout the world. In Swiss music, it was probably developed in the Swiss and Austrian Alps as a method of communication between mountain peaks, and it later became a part of the traditional music of the region. In Persian and Azeri classical music, singers frequently use tahrir, a yodeling technique that oscillates on neighbor tones. In Georgian traditional music, yodelling takes the form of krimanchuli technique. In Central Africa, Pygmy singers use yodels within their elaborate polyphonic singing. Yodeling is often used in American bluegrass and country music. – Wikipedia
Well folks, I think this is an amazing style of music.
You can teach yodeling following the 10 lessons from Yodel Course.
It deserves to hear Bobbejaan Schoepen – a yodeling whistler.
Now, listen some beautiful yodeling songs:
5 comments September 22nd, 2007
The Comedian Harmonists was an internationally famous, all-male German close harmony ensemble (5 singers plus pianist) that operated between 1927 and 1934. They were one of the most successful 20th century musical groups in Europe before World War II and were noted for using their voices to imitate musical instruments.
The choice of repertoire was wide, ranging from folksong and classical numbers to the attractive and witty popular songs of the day.
Please listen some of theirs beautiful songs:
Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus
Irgendwo auf der Welt
Veronika, der Lenz ist da
Eine kleine Frühlingsweise
In einem kühlem Grunde
Add comment September 16th, 2007
I found out that my 3,8 years old son loves this videoclips: "As long as you love me" and "Everybody". Well, I like BackStreet Boys. And their songs, too 
1 comment September 15th, 2007
