YODEL PORTRAITS

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SONGS AND STORIES ARE STRONGLY TIED TOGETHER. THIS IS WHAT THESE PORTRAITS UNRAVEL: THEY SKETCH THE STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO PRACTICE A SPECIFIC SINGING TECHNIQUE, ULULATION OR THE QUICK JUMP BETWEEN HEAD AND CHEST VOICE. ONE CAN FIND IT IN YODELING, BUT ALSO IN ARABIC YOUYOU OR WHEN YOUNG BOYS IN PUBERTY BREAK THEIR VOICE.

YODEL PORTRAITS FOCUS ON THE SLIPPERY PASSAGES BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW REGISTERS. IT SHOWS THE FRAILTY OF VOICES WHEN THEY BREAK AS MUCH AS THE VIRTUOSITY WHEN ONE TURNS SUCH RISKY MOMENTS INTO A TECHNIQUE. YODELING IS THE KEYHOLE TO PEER INTO WORLDS WHERE VOICES CARRY STORIES OF THOSE WHO MASTER THEM.

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