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Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by Alan Menken

  • D minor
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 2004
  • Medium
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Left hand Velvet jazzRight hand Sleigh bellsChords the loop the song repeats most

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Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo written out as piano music: the bVI – bIII – bVII7 – bIII loop in D minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)) and the right hand sleigh bells.

Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in D minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1BbVIBb D F
2FIIIF A C
3C7VII7C E G Bb
4FIIIF A C

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)) in the left hand and sleigh bells in the right, over the Bb – F – C7 – F chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo

Does the sheet music for Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

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.