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Yodel

2 stages from Swiss German to English.

Today it means to sing with rapid alternation between the chest voice and falsetto
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Stage 1 of 2
jodeln
Swiss German · medieval
"to sing with rapid pitch changes"
imitative of the rapid pitch-shifting singing style of the Alps
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Stage 2 of 2
yodel
English · 1800s
"to sing with rapid shifts between chest and falsetto voice"
adopted through contact with Alpine folk music
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