What is another word for yodels?

Pronunciation: [jˈə͡ʊdə͡lz] (IPA)

Yodels are a sound that is unique and distinct, often associated with alpine regions and folk music. There are a number of synonyms for yodels, including hollers, whoops, warbles and trills. These words all describe a type of vocalization that involves rapid fluctuations in pitch, usually between two distinct notes. Other terms that can be used to describe yodels include falsetto, tremolo and vibrato. These words all refer to specific aspects of the sound produced by yodeling, whether it is the high-pitched tone or the rapid fluctuations in frequency. Whether you refer to them as yodels or hollers, these unique vocalizations add a distinctive flavor to many types of music.

What are the hypernyms for Yodels?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Yodels

So-so-I am going to listen to myself playing on my accordion the same yisters, the same yodels, drawing them like long glad breathings out of my glad accordion, long breathings of the branches of the lingering leaves."
"Rootabaga Stories"
Carl Sandburg
Then with a flip-flop that tells of the other side of the flap-jacks being browned, the cook yodels in crescendo that "Sup-per!
"The Story of the Trapper"
A. C. Laut

Famous quotes with Yodels

  • Automatic poetry comes straight out of the poet's bowels or out of any other of his organs that has accumulated reserves.. .He crows, swears, moans, stammers, yodels, according to his mood.. .His poems are like nature; they stink, laugh, and rhyme like nature. Foolishness, or at least what men calls foolishness is as precious to him as a sublime piece of rhetoric. For in nature a broken twig is equal in beauty and importance to the clouds and the stars.
    Jean Arp

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