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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

^ Asian Music: Journal of the Society for Asian Music. The Society. 2006. p. 65. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Alison Arnold (2000). South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent. Garland Pub. pp. 828–. ISBN 978-0-8240-4946-1. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

[1] Asian Music: Journal of the Society for Asian Music. The Society. 2006. p. 65. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

[University2008-2] 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.

[Arnold2000-3] 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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