Help: Yodeling

Subject: Yodeling
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 22 Oct 01 - 07:59 PM

Ok - probably been started before but I don't care - how the heck does one learn to yodel? Or is it something you can either do or not naturally? Drives me nuts trying. And my wife thinks it is hilarious!

Steve

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: Justa Picker
Date: 22 Oct 01 - 08:23 PM

Clicky and Clicky.

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: catspaw49
Date: 22 Oct 01 - 08:29 PM

Well, here's some of them old threads (with links in them too) to start you out!!!

Teach Me

History and Lyrics

Yodelling

That's How the Yodel Was Born

Tips on Yodeling

Yodeling, Where is it?

Gender and the Soprano Voice

Lyrics-Yodeling Songs

What's an Easy Cowboy Yodeling Song

Spaw

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: catspaw49
Date: 22 Oct 01 - 08:31 PM

Sorry, After I saw JP's post, I meant to eliminate both of his from my list, but I left one by mistake.

Anyway, you have a start............(:<))

Spaw

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 23 Oct 01 - 11:10 AM

Spaw - You are superb - Thanks - Steve

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: M.Ted
Date: 23 Oct 01 - 05:20 PM

I just tried all you links, and all are dead--in the meantime, I have my doubts about learning to yodel by way of the internet--Can you yodel, Spaw? No, not that! It comes out the top end--

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Oct 01 - 05:40 PM

Links are dead at the moment because Shorty is deceased too......When Shorty is resurrected, the links will work.

BBRRRAAAAWWWWMMMPPP

....aaahhhh..............Helluva' yodel........................Wrong end?........................Sorry...Never mind.........

Spaw

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: M.Ted
Date: 23 Oct 01 - 05:53 PM

Shorty is kind of like Tim Finnegan then,. Eh, Spaw? Norton1--Cathy Fink has a video available that teaches yodelling--it really works, too---Bette Midler learned from it---I am sure that Elderly has it, or can get it--

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 23 Oct 01 - 06:09 PM

Justa Pickers links worked and I found part of what I needed through them - I'll try the Cathy Fink thing next - Thanks - Steve

I do like Spaw's yodel tho - that one I can do :-)

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: 53
Date: 23 Oct 01 - 09:56 PM

listen to some jimmie rodgers songs.

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Oct 01 - 11:48 PM

All links working at the moment!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 23 Oct 01 - 11:49 PM

Thanks Spaw for putting those threads together. They work OK for me.

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: RangerSteve
Date: 24 Oct 01 - 06:54 PM

I learned how to yodel by listening to recordings. When I was driving to work I would try to imitate what I heard on the records. It took a while, but the method worked. If you smoke, quit. It ruins your yodel.

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: M.Ted
Date: 24 Oct 01 - 07:21 PM

I am a bit bitter about this yodelling business--as a younger person, I was quite the yodeller(not that many wanted to hear it, and, I warn you, it doesn't get you far with the ladies) but I have mostly lost the falsetto either from age or lack of use, and I can manage a yodel only on certain days, and then only with great effort--the thing is that I can always hit the notes themselves in my full voice, so go figure--

Anyway, Dicho and I have agreed that yodelling moved into country music by way of Hawaiian music--the best yodellers having been the likes of Rose Moe--who performed in an old Hawaiian style that may have been taught there as early as the 1870's, but don't get me started--

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 25 Oct 01 - 11:38 AM

WyoWoman gave me some GREAT advice! Practice, don't mind being thought a bit eccentric (goofy??), and ignore hecklers. My wife was giving me a hard time as I was yodeling to one of my songs last night. I told her I was not paying attention to her - she just laughed.

I'm not wanting to be a yodeller like Slim Whitman or anything - just be able to do some bare bones stuff to fit with all of the Jimmie Rodgers tunes I know and one or two others that have a few discreet places that a yodel fits in nicely.

Since I quit smoking, yes my voice has changed, I am revamping almost all of my music to fit the different vocal range I now have. And much to my delight I can do some soft yodeling. Thanks for all of the advice - and especially WyoWoman - ignore the hecklers!!!!!

Steve

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 10 Jan 02 - 12:05 AM

Well I finally did a yodel the other night on PalTalk - Katrose said it was a great yodel - and I liked it myself! Nothing fancy ya know - but Thanks for the links Spaw (yes I read them) and Thanks WyoWoman for the advice!

Steve

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: WyoWoman
Date: 10 Jan 02 - 12:15 AM

I live to serve!

I think the problem with yodeling as we get older has to do with muscular limberness, just as so much other athleticism does. Only remedy is to keep exercising and keep limber -- which applies to backs and legs and vocal chords equally.

ww

Subject: RE: Help: Yodeling
From: Hrothgar
Date: 10 Jan 02 - 05:38 AM

I'm more in favour of people learning to not yodel.