yodel-ay-ee-oooo

Subject: yodel-ay-ee-oooo reading in DC
From: wreck
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 02:49 PM

Reading Performance Last-Minute Announcement for

YODEL-AY-EE-OOOO: THE SECRET HISTORY OF YODELING AROUND THE WORLD
[Routledge]
bart plantenga

Tuesday, April 27
Library of Congress
James Madison Building
Mumford Room, 6th floor
101 Independence Ave. SE
6pm - 7:45pm
lecture + DJ Jose with yodeling samples
+ renowned yodelers Randy Erwin & Cathy Fink
with book signing afterward

"an amazing, wild, and wonderful book" -- Nolan Porterfield
"fun, head-spinning, and ontologically profund." -- Luc Sante
"wry, humorous, touching, irreverent, vivid, and unforgettable" -- Ranger
Doug
"a thoroughly entertaining, throttle-at-the-red-line ride through the
history of yodeling. Highly recommended..." --- Library Journal
"promises to be a classic" -- Book Sense
"solid, exhaustive look at yodeling" -- Entertainment Weekly
"a book that will be exceedingly difficult to improve upon" -- The Wire
[UK]

Subject: RE: yodel-ay-ee-oooo
From: Cruiser
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 03:01 PM

I "learned" to yodel with Cathy Fink and Tod Whittemore's 'Learn To Yodel' book by Homespun Tapes.

Hi dee ay hodel ay'ee dee'oh
Hull la lo'oo tee....

Subject: RE: yodel-ay-ee-oooo
From: Gray D
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 07:39 PM

Can't resist it . . . there's a type of yodelling from Georgia, Eastern Europe, that's called "Krimanchuli". It's rather more aggressive than the U.S. or Tyrolean versions and it's tricky because it's not in a western scale . . . but I like it. Had to learn it by ear though as it's not in any books, as far as I know. Though it might be in "99 Georgian Songs" pub. by Black Mountain Press, but I'm not sure 'cos I haven't received my copy yet.

Ohh del i ya heee ya delo eeyah ohhhhhhhhhhhh - yohhhhhhhhhhhh! (Naduri)

Gray D

Subject: RE: yodel-ay-ee-oooo
From: Amos
Date: 26 Apr 04 - 10:29 PM

Man, thuh thangs yuh learn on the Cat!!

A

Subject: RE: yodel-ay-ee-oooo
From: Joe Offer
Date: 27 Apr 04 - 02:07 AM

Gray, are there Krimanchuli recordings available that you would recommend?
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: yodel-ay-ee-oooo
From: Flash Company
Date: 27 Apr 04 - 04:29 AM

I thought it otiginated from the guy in Switzerland shouting after the fleeing skier 'You swine, you seduced my daughter!'
and back up the mountain came the immortal reply ' Your old lady too!'

FC

Subject: RE: yodel-ay-ee-oooo
From: Hrothgar
Date: 27 Apr 04 - 06:29 AM

Knock! knock!
Who's there?
Little old lady.
Little old lady who?
I didn't know you could yodel.

Subject: RE: yodel-ay-ee-oooo
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 27 Apr 04 - 07:59 AM

Definitely not required for several minutes at the end of an otherwise well sung vocal. We know you have a lovely voice... now play the resolve chord!!!

Subject: RE: yodel-ay-ee-oooo
From: Gray D
Date: 27 Apr 04 - 03:41 PM

Joe Offer,

There's a majestic version of "Naduri", a work song, on the Rustavi Choir's CD "Mirangula" - Sony St. Petersburg Classics label - SMK 66 588. The Krimanchuli is just after the start and you may get a feel of the Georgian scale by the fact that the top notes sound slightly "off" to the western ear - if, of course, western ears are what you have. Though my teacher, Edischer, thought that the Rustavi's were "westernising" their sound somewhat on their recordings.

. . . it's followed by a spine tingling version of the gorgeous "Tsintskaro" as well . . . and then there's"Daigvianes" . . . and "Chela" . . . and "Mirangula" itself . . . erm, it's a good album.

Gray D

Subject: RE: yodel-ay-ee-oooo
From: Gray D
Date: 27 Apr 04 - 03:55 PM

But the best way to experience Georgian music is of course, to learn and sing it, preferably with Georgians if you want to learn Krimanchuli. I assume that you're in the U.S. so Larry Gordon or Patty Kuyler(spelling? Sorry, Patty) at Northern Harmony might be able to point you in the right direction if you wanted to give it a try. People in the U.K. should get in touch with Michael Bloom ([e-mail])who does a tremendous job of promoting things Georgian over here.

Apologies for the thread drift, everyone.

Gray D