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Y is for Yodel: My A to Z Wish List

April 28, 2012 By: Patricia

I wish I could yodel.

This 12 year old girl taught herself how to yodel from a book. I never thought about doing it that way, but now that I’ve seen the clip on You Tube, maybe I’ll give it a try.

In a similar vein, I wish I could do the auctioneer’s chant like John Korrey. You can watch him on You Tube as well.

There are plenty of places to learn these things, and once the technique is mastered, it takes practice, practice, practice to do it well (and fast).

That’s the problem, of course. I’ve never been big on practice, which is why I didn’t become a great pianist in spite of nine years of lessons.

Writing, I guess, is the exception. I keep on writing, hoping that practice will make perfect. But maybe if I gave yodeling one more try…

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  1. Hold my hand: a social worker's blog says

    April 29, 2012 at 7:58 pm

    Interesting…I wouldn’t picture you yodeling, but you see, people are full of surprises :-))

    I liked that Y! Going back to catch up with prior posts.

    Doris

  2. Ann Best says

    April 29, 2012 at 2:50 pm

    What a fun Y word! I immediately thought of The Sound of Music. When I hear the song, like you I think I would like to do it. But I’ve never tried, and you have. So I think you should give it one more shot… :o)

    I also read your W post, about writing scams. I could well relate because I got scammed about five or six years ago when I didn’t know what to look for.

    And Jacqueline’s Death Legacy sounds very intriguing!
    Ann Best, Author

  3. Christine Rains says

    April 29, 2012 at 11:50 am

    I never thought about yodeling but my Granddad could do the auctioneer’s chant. I was always in awe of that!

  4. Patricia Stoltey says

    April 29, 2012 at 9:25 am

    If anyone learns how, let me know how you did it. ๐Ÿ˜€

  5. Maryann Miller says

    April 29, 2012 at 9:01 am

    I’m going to take some singing lessons next month from a very talented singer/songwriter. Maybe she can teach me how to yodel.The idea has fascinated me for years, too.

  6. Talli Roland says

    April 29, 2012 at 6:48 am

    It’s never too late to learn how to yodel! I’d love to.

  7. Medeia Sharif says

    April 29, 2012 at 1:54 am

    I haven’t thought about yodeling in years. I’ve always wanted to try it.

  8. Alex J. Cavanaugh says

    April 28, 2012 at 9:38 am

    Yodeling from a book – interesting way to learn.

  9. Stephanie V says

    April 28, 2012 at 9:23 am

    Yodeling…yes! It always sounded so neat. It never occurred to me you could learn to yodel from a book. Wow!

  10. Patricia Stoltey says

    April 28, 2012 at 8:53 am

    I have to admit, I’ve wished for some very strange things during this A to Z Challenge, a few of them I hadn’t thought of in years. The yodeling dream started when I was a farm kid and watched a talent show…there was a young boy who sang and yodeled…his song was I’m Little but I’m Loud. I loved that.

  11. Lynn Proctor says

    April 28, 2012 at 8:26 am

    haha both things i cannot do and honestly don’t miss it–funny post

  12. Jemi Fraser says

    April 28, 2012 at 7:37 am

    Yodelling makes me smile! My daughter speaks fast enough to be an auctioneer! ๐Ÿ™‚

  13. Margot Kinberg says

    April 28, 2012 at 6:07 am

    Pat – I’ve never thought of learning to yodel before, but it is a real skill and yeah, it does take practice. I think that’s the hardest part of learning anything new; putting the practice into it…

  14. lizy-expat-writer says

    April 28, 2012 at 6:06 am

    When I saw Your opening sentence I thought of “I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate.” Odd how the mind works, isn’t it? I look froward to hearing You Yodel on Youtube next Year.

Meet Patricia

I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. My most recent release, In Defense of Delia (Five Star/Cengage, November 2022), is available in hardcover and will soon be available in ebook and trade paperback. Read Moreโ€ฆ

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