Yodeling Fun !

I have always enjoyed yodeling. Like most everyone else, I was self taught. I started listening to German yodelers such as Franzl Lang, but naturally picked it up also by listening to Country and Western infused songs by Hank Williams Sr. Cowboy/Country yodeling is slightly different than German and Swiss and Austrian yodel, but not remarkably. They are more similar in most ways, although there is more tempo changes in Germanic yodeling than in cowboy style. Cowboy yodeling or in Country Music, has more sustained falsetto and not quite as much shift between the chest and head voice. Many of Hank Sr's yodel songs include "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" and, of course "Lovesick Blues". Two of my favorites.

When I lived on the farm as a teenager , I used to yodel inside the old Silo in the barn. I used to yodel to my horses as well. They never yodeled back. But it was a neat way to get them inside when it was time to feed them. So basically I started yodeling in my mid teens, and I always felt it was something I would be inclined to do. Its part of my heritage, since I am German on my dad's side, and I'm sure they yodeled a time or two.