Pashto Music
 

Pashto music is Afghani music. Pashto is one of the official languages of Afghanistan and derives its name from the people who speak it predominantly, the Pashtuns. Pashto belongs to Indo-Iranian family of languages and an estimated 40-60 million speak it. Therefore, this estimated group of people are likely to listen to Pashto songs too.

There are two types of Afghan songs, Pashto and Persian. Afghani Pashto songs can be heard in the south-east part of the country. Pashto music is also made in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and some other areas.

Pashto music is synonymous with Pashto poetry. Therefore, the lines have such harmony and meter. In Pashto poetry, Tappa is considered to be the oldest and also the most popular. In this form, the lines will be in two unequal meters, first shorter and the next longer. Tappa is the most popular because all people could identify with the meter and rhythm and the content would cover all classes and boundaries. Visit YouTube Pashto songs to find Tappa songs.

The next genre to explore would be Charbeta. This has epic poems, where the lines are usually four but may vary to six or eight. While life in general is explored, heroic deeds and persons are given prominence. This Pashto music will usually be very fast. In singing sessions, Charbetas are usually sung after Tappas.

Neemakai is a song of 1-3 lines, mostly made by women. Tappa may be interspersed with it. Loba is Pashto folk music and is sung as a poetic conversation between two persons. These are mostly romantic songs. Shaan is music for special occasions such as childbirth, marriage and so on. Badala is also epic poetry but importance is given to the tribal rituals and traditions. Badala is mostly sung at night. Rubayi can be compared to the Ghazals of Hindustani music.

You can find Pashto mp3 songs and Pashto video songs of each of these genres online. You can go for Pashto songs free download or Pashto mp3 downloads to do a study. Some of the collections you can look for are Zarsanga, Gulzar Alam, Zeek Afridi, Junaid Jamshed, Rahim Shah, Zeb and Haniya and Nazia Iqbal Pashto songs. For Pashto songs Nazia also, you can try YouTube. For Pashto songs to download you can just type for the same in search engines and many sites will open.

When we examine the history of Pashto music, we find that though music was appreciated, musicians were not. Mostly, Pashto musicians were low-caste people and music was not considered as a manly profession. These concepts have changed with the modern emergence of pop music and the like. This can be seen in the Pashto new songs and Pashto mp3. Being a lover of Pashto music, you can have Pashto songs download free and easy.