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Klasik

The classical music of Afghanistan is called klasik, which includes both instrumental (rāgas, naghmehs) and vocal forms (ghazals). Many ustad, or professional musicians, are descended from Indian

See also#

  • Ustad Mohammad Omar

References#

  • Baily, John. “Music of Afghanistan: Professional Musicians in the City of Herat”. 1988. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Baily, John. “The naghma-ye kashal of Afghanistan”. 1997. British Journal of Ethnomusicology, Vol. 6, pp 117–163.
  • Baily, John. “A System of Modes Used in the Urban Music of Afghanistan”. Ethnomusicology, Vol. 25, No 1, pp 1–39.
  • Doubleday, Veronica. “Red Light at the Crossroads”. 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, pp 3–8. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books.
Region
Afghanistan