Peak reception, underground

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NICK EICHER, HOST: The hills may be alive with the sound of music.

But in Graz, Austria, apparently the parking garage is better.

About 30 yodlers spent an hour roaming the city’s largest underground garage, looking for the right echo.

AUDIO: .. von Berg zu Berg …

Teacher Anna Maria Gutschi says:

You know, back in the day, yodeling was high tech. Before phones and text messaging, she’s saying here, this was how you got “information from mountain to mountain.”

The group has tried other unlikely concert halls to try to keep tradition alive: canals, gas stations.

But in Graz, apparently, the best reception for yodeling is no mountaintop experience. It’s underground.

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