Live online classes on Zoom with Ali Khan Yousafzai. From holding the rabab for the first time to playing your first Pashto melody. Taught in Pashto, Urdu and English.
The rabab is the sound of Pashto music. It's played in hujras, at weddings and on stage, from Peshawar to Kabul. It's carved from a single block of mulberry wood, with a goatskin belly and sympathetic strings that keep ringing after you pluck.
In the old Pashto tale, Durkhanai hears Adam Khan playing the rabab at a friend's hujra and falls in love with him. It's still the instrument of Pashto romance, poetry and celebration.
You don't need any musical background. Just a rabab, a teacher and three evenings a week.
A rabab player who has taken Pashto music onto television, into Pakistan's leading universities and national arts institutions, and to international events. He's also a graduate in English Literature & Linguistics from NUML, and he brings that love of words to the music, setting the poetry of Ghani Khan and Allama Iqbal to the rabab.
Ali's slow-motion videos for rabab learners. This is the style you'll get in class, but live and with feedback.
Pashto music has always been carried by its poetry. Ali studied English Literature & Linguistics at NUML, and his rabab work keeps returning to the great poets of Pashto and Urdu, setting their kalam to music.
12 live classes built for complete beginners. No music theory needed.
Real-time classes, not pre-recorded videos. Ali watches you play and corrects you on the spot.
Small enough that every student gets individual feedback in every class.
Missed one, or want to practise along? Recordings are shared after each class.
Taught in a natural mix, so you understand every instruction whichever language you're comfortable in.
The beginner batch starts from zero. If you can hold a phone, you can start.
Complete the course and receive a certificate signed by Ali Khan Yousafzai.
One hour per class, alternate days, so you have time to practise in between.
The first beginner batch starts on Monday, 7 December 2026. Seats are confirmed once the fee is received.
| Where you are | Class time |
|---|---|
| 🇵🇰 Pakistan (PKT) | 7:00 – 8:00 PM |
| 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 6:30 – 7:30 PM |
| 🇦🇪 UAE · Oman | 6:00 – 7:00 PM |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Qatar · Kuwait | 5:00 – 6:00 PM |
| 🇩🇪 Germany · Central Europe | 3:00 – 4:00 PM |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2:00 – 3:00 PM |
| 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 US & Canada (Eastern) | 9:00 – 10:00 AM |
Times shown for December–February. Your local time may shift by an hour when daylight saving changes.
Pay one month at a time. Continue to a second month only if you need it.
Only 10 seats in the beginner batch. A seat is confirmed once payment is received.
Buying your first rabab is the hardest part. Markets are full of decorative "showpiece" instruments that won't stay in tune. Let Ali find one that's actually playable.
Parts of the rabab, which size to pick, a 10-point check to use before you pay, red flags, accessories and care. Seven pages, free.
Download the PDFComplete the course and receive a certificate personally signed by Ali Khan Yousafzai.
Fill in the form. It opens WhatsApp with your details ready to send.
Payment details are shared on WhatsApp. Your seat is confirmed once payment is received.
You get the Zoom link, the buying guide and a checklist for class one.
Prefer to talk first? Message on WhatsApp.
Live rabab for weddings, cultural nights, corporate events, universities and poetry evenings, in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and across Pakistan.
Pashto tappay, attan and folk favourites, or a soft rabab set for the nikkah.
Culture days, spring festivals and concerts. He's done NUST, NUML and QAU.
Dinners, launches and receptions, with a set planned around your guests.
Ghani Khan, Iqbal and Pashto ghazal set to rabab, for mushairas and literary societies.
Hujra nights, family functions and intimate sessions at home.
Television appearances, session recording and rabab for films, ads and songs.
Send the details and Ali will reply on WhatsApp with availability and a quote.
Or message directly: on WhatsApp
Yes. This batch is for complete beginners. You don't need to know music theory or how to read notation.
Yes, you'll play from class one. If you don't have one, choose "No, arrange one" in the form and we'll arrange a checked beginner rabab, starting from Rs 30–40k. You can also buy your own using the free buying guide.
Every class is recorded and shared, so you can catch up and practise along.
It depends on how fast you pick it up and how much you practise. Some students are ready to move on after 12 classes, others take a second month. Ali will tell you honestly.
Of course. Classes are online, so you can learn from home wherever you are. Fees for students outside Pakistan are $49 a month.
Your rabab, a plectrum, a tuner app, Zoom and a phone or laptop on a stand where Ali can see both your hands.
Once you apply, we'll share payment details on WhatsApp. Your seat is confirmed once the fee is received.