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Tajik music is closely related to other Central Asian forms of music. The classical music is shashmaqam , which is also distinctive in Uzbekistan . [ 1 ] Southern Tajikistan has a distinctive form of folk music called falak, which is played at celebrations for weddings , circumcisions and other occasions.
The musical traditions of Central Asia mirror the immense diversity found in the cultures and populations residing in the region. Principal instrument types are two- or three-stringed lutes, the necks either fretted or fretless; fiddles made of horsehair; flutes, mostly sige at both ends and either end-blown or side-blown; and jew harps, mostly metal.
Uzbekistan began to learn about the Tajik shashmaqam, and Tajikistan learnt of the Uzbek shashmaqom. This has survived to the present, but a surge of nationalism in Uzbekistan may change that: singers on the radio in Bukhara, a city perfectly bilingual in Uzbek and Tajik, are using only the Uzbek texts in their shashmaqom music broadcasts. [1]
This category is about the music of Tajikistan. For the music of the ethnic Tajik people, see Category:Tajik music. Subcategories.
Tajik music (2 C, 2 P) Music of Tajikistan (3 C, 5 P) ... Pages in category "Music of Central Asia" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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Khorasan bakhshi music is recognized on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. At the time of the dutar's humble origins in the 15th century as a shepherd's instrument its strings were made from gut. However, with the opening up of the Silk Road, catgut gave way to strings made from twisted silk imported from ...
Traditional Tajik music is closely related to other Central Asian music forms. Shashmaqam is the predominant style of Tajik folk music , though falak is popular in southern Tajikistan. The Pamiris of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province have their own distinct style of music as well.