Falak music

Falak (literally "heaven," "fate," "universe") is a style of music native to the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia, particularly the Badakhshan region of northeastern Afghanistan, southeastern Tajikistan, and northern Pakistan.[1] Falak lyrics can involve religious-mystical themes of divine love, separation and reunion (often drawn from Persian Sufi poetry), or secular and melancholy lyrics of human love and suffering.[2]

Music theory

Falak music is generally in a descending scale, with a limited range often limited to a hexachord (six notes).[3]

Instrumentation

Falak may be sung a cappella, accompanied by instruments, or instrumental. Falak instruments include the ghijak (spike fiddle), nay (Persian flute), and dombura (long-necked lute), as well as percussion instruments.[3]

References
  1. Asian Music: Journal of the Society for Asian Music. The Society. 2006. p. 65. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  2. Benjamin D. Koen Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology Florida State University (26 November 2008). Beyond the Roof of the World : Music, Prayer, and Healing in the Pamir Mountains: Music, Prayer, and Healing in the Pamir Mountains. Oxford University Press. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-0-19-971002-7. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  3. Alison Arnold (2000). South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent. Garland Pub. pp. 828–. ISBN 978-0-8240-4946-1. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
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