Falak music

Falak 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. Falak lyrics can involve religious-mystical themes of divine love, separation and reunion, or secular and melancholy lyrics of human love and suffering.

Music theory

Falak music is generally in a descending scale, with a limited range often limited to a hexachord.

Instrumentation

Falak may be sung a cappella, accompanied by instruments, or instrumental. Falak instruments include the ghijak, nay, and dombura, as well as percussion instruments.