Learn how to yodel with Atz Kilcher

So what is yodeling? Well, it’s making your vocal chords jump around and do crazy things. You’re going from your chest voice to your head voice and then you do the tarzan whoop in between. That’s all yodeling is, don’t let anybody fool you and make you think it’s all complicated. Every culture, every civilization, has some way of playing with that high voice. You’ve seen ’The Lion King’ right? The wolves do it, the coyotes do it, the whole world yodels! Get on the bandwagon, I’ll show you how. The other part of yodeling is you gotta make up a bunch of silly syllables. So while your voice is jumping up and down and up and down you gotta go - doodle addle doodlaah bopp. Those are called nonsense syllables, anybody can do it! A kid can do it. Make up silly syllables. Make your voice go crazy and you got it. I heard a guy one time yodeling like a chicken. I heard a spanish guy one time yodeling like a trumpet! Come on. How easy is it! Get on the yodeling bandwagon with me. We’ll do it together.
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