Final outline

Final outline
I. Intro
A. Through the years Hawaiian music has developed from an isolated cultural staple to an international phenomenon.
1. Hawaiian music first came about on an island far removed from most forms of western music.
2. Through the years it has been accepted in both America and is currently gaining popularity in Europe.
B. Hawaiian music is seen as a soothing a relaxing genre that signifies an easy and simple life full of hope.
C. No group or artist in the Hawaiian genre represents these ideas more than Israel Kamakawiwi’ole.
1. Kamakawiwi’ole is easily the most recognizable figure in the Hawaiian music scene both for his songs and his physical appearance.
2. Kamakawiwi’ole’s cover of Judy Garland’s classic “Somewhere over the rainbow” has reached the top of the popular charts both domestically and internationally.
II. Body
A. Hawaiian music is defined both domestically and internationally as an acoustically performed style of folk music that often incorporates the native Hawaiian language.
1. Since the majority of Hawaiian music is made on the islands of Hawaii, some bands can be mistakenly labelled in the Hawaiian music genre just from being there.
2. In the 1960’s many people mistook the Hawaii 5-0 theme song as being an example of Hawaiian music since the show was the only source of Hawaiian culture that most Americans had.
B. Hawaiian bands and artists are often comprised of an acoustic guitar, either an electric bass or an acoustic bass, keyboards, a slack-key guitar, slide guitar, and a ukulele.
1. Hawaiian bands do not need all of the aforementioned instruments; some artists have as little as just a ukulele.
C. Hawaiian music first developed in the 1800’s when Native Hawaiians began to mix their traditional chants with the hymnals of the missionaries from the mainland.
1. Hawaiian music is viewed as a source of cultural pride by Native Hawaiians and has been since the late 1800’s.
2. Queen Liliukani, the last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, was one of Hawaii’s first great songwriters penning the popular “Aloha Oe” which is one of the most popular songs of Hawaiian music.
3. In the 1970’s the band, the Makaha Sons of Nihau, began to really define the modern Hawaiian band combining both traditional Hawaiian music and western styles.
4. In the late 80’s Israel Kamakawiwi’ole of the Makaha Sons of Nihau persued a solo career and became the single biggest artist in Hawaiian music.
5. Kamakawiwi’ole’s cover of “Somewhere over the rainbow” has become the greatest example of the blending of Native Hawaiian music and western music.
D. Hawaiian music means different things to different people.
1. For people of Hawaiian ancestry, Hawaiian music is a source of pride and a connection to a history of a people whose nation was taken from them.
2. For Americans, Hawaiian music has been used as a symbol of the Hawaiian Islands.
a. Songs by Hawaiian artists have been used in movies that are set in Hawaii to help the viewing audience feel the laid back vibes of the islands.
b. Kamakawiwi’ole’s “Somewhere over the Rainbow” has been used in movies that weren’t set in Hawaii as a way to represent peace and harmony at the end of the hero’s journey.
3. For international audiences, the song has come to represent hope at the end of a financial crisis, which saw most of the world’s economies almost crippled.
III. Conclusion
A. Though Hawaiian music may have begun on a remote island thousands of miles away from the American mainland, it has become a representation of hope and peacefulness the world over.