Persian Traditional Music

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Created on: 21 Mar 2011
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Persian traditional music is the traditional and indigenous music of Iran: mūsīqī, the science and art of music, and moosiqi, the sound and performance of music

Archeological evidence reveals musical instruments that were used in Iran during the Elamite era around 800BCE. Not much is known about Persian music in the ancient world, especially about the music of the Achaemenid Empire. Alexander the Great is said to have witnessed many melodies and instruments upon his invasion, and music played an important role in religious affairs. Music played an important role in the courts of Sassanid kings in the much later Sassanid Empire. Of this period, we know the names of various court musicians like Barbad and the types of various instruments that were used like harps, lutes, flutes, bagpipes and others. Under Sassanid rule, modal music was developed by a highly significant court musician, Barbad, called the khosravani. While today's classical music tradition in Iran bears the same names of some of the modes of that era it is impossible to know if they sound the same because there is no evidence of musical notation from the Sassanid period. Today's traditional Persian music began to develop after the advent of Islam in Iran, in the Medieval era and the creation of today's formal, classical music tradition is directly linked to the music systems of the Safavid Dynasty. Under the later Qajar Dynasty, the classical system was restructured into its present form.

Iranian classical music relies on improvisation and composition and is based on a series of modal scales and tunes which must be memorized. Apprentices and masters, ostad, have a traditional relationship which has declined during the 20th century as music education moved to universities and conservatories. The repertoire consists of more than two hundred short melodic movements called gusheh, which are classified into seven dastgāh or "modes." Two of these modes have secondary modes branching from them called āvāz. Each gusheh and dastgah has an individual name. This whole body is called the Radif of which there are several versions, each in accordance to the teachings of a particular master or ostad.

The Radif:
Dastgah-e Shur (considered the mother of all dastgah)
Avaz-e Dashti
Avaz-e Abu'ata
Avaz-e Bayat-e Tork
Avaz-e Afshari
Dastgah-e Homayoun
Avaz-e Bayat-e Esfahan
Dastgah-e Segah
Dastgah-e Chahargah
Dastgah-e Rastpanjgah
Dastgah-e Mahur
Dastgah-e Nava

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orang_rz

با عرض ارادت خدمت لیدر عزیز با اجازه http://www.last.fm/group/rasht .........بچه های گیلان

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Niloofar-B

chera hichja esmi az alireza feyzbashirpoor, navazandeye tanboor nist???

April 2012
mohi-mohi

کلهر داره منو به اف میده با این آلبوم جدیدش...

March 2012
FarqyofFib

Fantastic group! :) I'm relatively new to Persian traditional music, but this will hopefully help me discover some more artists.

February 2012
wisbech

"Night Silence Desert" (Kayhan Kalhor & Mohammad Reza Shajarian) - absolutely masterful album, some of the most exceptionally beautiful music I've ever heard.

January 2012
AZADIBOK

Hello! Today I've set this group in relationship to Kurdish folk group!

September 2011
akbarnasr

قسمت آرتیکل داره دیگه! فیلذ هم میشه تو یه ساز باشه هم یک سری سبک

April 2011
EchEm

کجا باید مقاله گذاشت؟ لیست پیشنهادی رو چطور؟ منظور از فیلد توی ساز یا سبکه لیست پیشنهادی دادن؟

April 2011
akbarnasr

حضوری نداره که من تو رو لیدر کردم، مثل اکبر که آغا رو لیدر کرد، فردا نیای منو بندازی بیرون‌ها حواست باشه! آرتیست اضافه کن، مقاله بنویس بزار، به خصوص لیست پیشنهادی، من سرم خلوت شه برای هر فیلدی این کار رو می‌کنم که اگر نا‌آشنایی یا خارجی رد شد بدونه چی گوش کنه مثل ما نباشه که همه چی دانلود کنه:)

April 2011
EchEm

عرض ارادت متقابل. به تازگی متوجه شدم لیدر هم هستم :)). ولی هنوز متوجه نشدم اینجا چجوریه. اکبر باید حضوری متوجهم کنه. با درود و دوصد بدرود. تا دیداری دیگر

April 2011
akbarnasr

مخلص‌یم البته حسین اسپرم‌لیدر هست و حکم جهاد موسیقایی رو قراره در سال‌گرد یه چیزی اعلام کنه که ما هم کمیسیون ویژه تشکیل بدیم یه سری مقاله برا این‌جا بنویسیم:))

April 2011
tohidkk

عرض ارادت خدمت لیدرهای عزیز

April 2011
akbarnasr

اولین کار اینه که این قسمت هنرمندان مرتبط رو کامل کنیم تا اگر کسی خواست لیست رو داشته باشه کامل در اختیارش باشه، دوم این‌که یه فروم داره که می‌شه توش بحث کرد بالا سمت چپ یکی از منوها هست که بزنی روش مب‌تونی ببینی، بعد مقاله هم میشه نوشت و گذاشت تا هر کس میاد بخونه

April 2011
EchEm

حالا قابلیت این روم چیه؟ توش چطوری میشه موزیک معرفی کرد؟

April 2011
chavosh_e

موسیقی سنتی ایران بخش مهمی از زندگی من رو تشکیل داده، ولی همیشه سعی کردم که تعصب نداشته باشم، امیدوارم که دیگران هم تعصباتشون رو کنار بگذارند و به فکر پیشرفت موسیقی ایران باشند

April 2011
akbarnasr

چه کنم که فرهنگ سنتی زیر شکمی بوده و هی زن می‌کشیده من بی تقصیرم:))

March 2011
EchEm

اونوخ اون خانومه توی عکس پروفایل هم برای تحریک مخاطبه؟ به کجا رسیده وض موسیقی ایرانی؟ اف بر کسی که این گروه رو ساخته

March 2011