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  2. Music of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The Music of Pakistan (Urdu: موسیقی پاکستان, romanized: Musiqi-ye Pakistan) is a fusion of Turko-Persian, Arab, Hindustani (North Indian), and contemporary Western influences, creating a distinct musical tradition often referred to as "Pakistani Music." [1] The genre has adapted and evolved over time in response to shifting ...

  3. Culture of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی ثقافت Pākistāni S̱aqāfat) is based in the Indo-Persian cultural matrix that constitutes a foundation plank of South Asian Muslim identity. [1] The region has formed a distinct cultural unit within the main cultural complex of South Asia, Middle East and Central Asia.

  4. Category:Pakistani styles of music - Wikipedia

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    Urdu music (1 C, 3 P) Q. Qawwali (6 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Pakistani styles of music" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.

  5. Music of South Asia - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, Carnatic classical music is more popular in regions such as Souther India and Sri Lanka, and consists of ancient religious and spiritual hymns that take close inspiration from Vedic literature.This style of music developed mostly independent of Islamic and Persian influences and is regarded as being closer to the ancient ...

  6. Pakistani popular music - Wikipedia

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    Pakistani popular music or shortly Pak-pop music refers to popular music forms in Pakistan. Pakistani pop is a mixture of traditional Pakistani classical music and western influences of jazz, rock and roll, hip hop and disco sung in various languages of Pakistan, including Urdu. The popularity of music is based on the individual sales of a ...

  7. Geet (song) - Wikipedia

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    Geet (song or lyrical poetry) (Hindi:गीत) (Urdu:گیت) in Hindi and in Urdu may refer to any poem set to music that can be sung alone or as a duet or in chorus.It has remained popular in all parts of the Indian sub-continent particularly in the Hindi and Urdu speaking areas.

  8. Zamzama (music) - Wikipedia

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    The meaning is: addition of notes. Zamzama is a type of Alankar [ citation needed ] ) and part of the note ornamentation in Indian classical music . Like a khatka , another type of Alankara , zamzama is a cluster of notes , which is used by the musician to embellish the landing note.

  9. Radif - Wikipedia

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    In Persian, Turkic, and Urdu ghazals, the radīf (from Arabic رديف; Persian: ردیف; Azerbaijani: rədif; Turkish: redif; Urdu: ردیف; Uzbek: radif) is the word which must end each line of the first couplet and the second line of all the following couplets. [a] It is preceded by a qafiya, which is the actual rhyme of the ghazal. [1] [2 ...