Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Alan Menken
- D minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 2004
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)) and the right hand sleigh bells.
Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – F – C7 – F loop with velvet jazz in the left hand and sleigh bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
How to read the bar sheet
The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.
Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.
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Questions about Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo
What are the letter notes for the Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo piano accompaniment?
Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is Bb – F – C7 – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo?
The loop is Bb – F – C7 – F (bVI – bIII – bVII7 – bIII) in D minor, and the song ends on D – A7 – D.
What key is Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo in?
D minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo?
Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.