Falsetto is a centuries-old European style of singing that accesses the highest vocal registers. Falsetto and yodeling were brought by Spanish and Mexican cowboys in the 1800s. Additional influences such as missionary hymns, and the music of the Portuguese immigrants to Hawaiʻi blended together for 100 years to produce what we know today. And overtime many local songsters transformed it into something unique to the Islands. While Western falsetto singers aim for a smooth shift from the lower reg