!!!Folks Music !!''Die lustige Baeurin'' [{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Die_lustige_Bäurin/150102a.jpg' height='250' caption='Die lustige Baeurin' width='166'}] Yodeln, i.e. singing on syllabels without meaning as words and a perceptive difference between head and breast voice, is one of the most advanced forms of alpine folkmusic that reminds us of the archaic open-air music of shepherds and farmers in the high pastures. (Illustration, Blaa-Alm). The '' lustige Baeurin'' (The happy farm wife), is a so-called '' Dreier'' that has been diffused under a variety of names and texts; two very freely improvised voices accompany the main voice. (G. Haid) !Sound Clip [{Audio src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Die_lustige_Bäurin/150102am.mp3' caption='Die lustige Baeurin\\© 1994 BRE-PRO 9405 AuMe, Interpreten: Christiane, Hubert und Maria Walcher'}] [{Metadata Suchbegriff='' Kontrolle='Nein'}] %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Die_lustige_Bäurin|class='wikipage austrian'] %%