This branch is understood inside the Sikah family as a maqam that preserves the essence of the Sikah tonic, but develops a clear upper color and a different expressive route.

A Sikah-family branch with a clear upper color and a different expressive route.

Farahnak is a branch of the Sikah family, and it becomes clearly colored in the upper region, giving the family a different expressive route.

It confirms the tonic first, then develops an upper route with its own special color before returning to reaffirm family belonging.

• The tonic
• Resting points within the lower jins
• Upper stations specific to this branch

• The difference from Sikah is determined through the upper color
• One should listen to how the jawab is opened and how the return from it is shaped

• Stabilize the tonic
• Move through the middle region
• Reveal the branch’s special upper color
• Return and confirm the tonic

• This branch is understood through its relation to the parent maqam and through its difference from it in the upper region.

• Its explanation may differ from one school or reference to another.

• Listing note names alone is not enough to understand this branch; one must pay attention to movement and repose.

• Begin by comparing it with basic Sikah.
• Notice where the special color appears in the upper region.