Persian Music
Aqa Bashi (TonbaK) - Qolam Hosseyn Xan (Persian Tar) - Musa Kalimi (Kamanche) - Mohammad Sadeq Xan (Santur)
Persian Music - Dastgâh System
Persian music works according to a unique system. There are two essential terms ,"Dastgâh" and "Radif", which you need to understand Persian music. The Persian music that we are going to talk about can be called Persian art music, Persian classical music, Persian traditional music, Persian authentic music or Persian court music, but I prefer to use the term Persian (Iranian) Dastgah music - a music which works according to the Dastgah system. Dastgah in Persian means in general "System", but when you are talking about Persian music, Dastgah is a musical system, and a unique one, that exists in Persian music, also in Azerbaijani classical music. You can consider the term Dastgah from two points of view, first a Dastgah as a musical system and second a Dastgah as a set of melodies, which have been ordered according to a special traditional rule. Radif is a collection of one version of each Dastgah or the central repertory of Persian art music. The smaller Dastgahs are called generally with Avaz or sometimes with Bayat, for example Bayat e Esfahan or Avaz e Esfahan and the Dastgahs with more pieces are named Dastgah, for example Dastgah e Homayun.
The Instrumental Persian Music Repertoire
Radif
Persian Music Principal Repertoire for Persian Tar
Here I am going to present the Mirza Hosseyn Qoli's intrepretation of the classical Persian music repertoire, which has been developed mainly for Persian Tar, but it can be used for another instruments and can be an inpiration for vocalists as well, cause you have a great sample of Persian music repertoire and can feel how a Dastgah system works. There are more other repertoires that are geat as well, but my aim here was to introduce the intrepretation of a virtuoso of his era, who had also a great sense of aesthetics for Persian music, besides that this version has been played by his son, Ali Acbar Xan Shahnazi, with his own intrepretation added to this great music collection - Two times sanded and polished with a deep sense of musical aesthetics of two legendary musicians. In my opinion this version is the greatest one for Persian Tar. Here you will see the smaller ones (Avazes) first and then come the bigger ones (Dastgahs). In the picture above you can see Mirza Hosseyn Qoli and his son Ali Acbar Xan Shahnazi. I see this repertoire as important as "Shâhnâme - The BooK of Kings" by the Persian poet Ferdowsi in Persian culture.
Avaz Abuata
Abuata Nr.1 ♪
Abuata Nr.2 ♪
Abuata Nr.3 ♪
Abuata Nr.4 ♪
Abuata Nr.5 ♪
Abuata Nr.6 ♪
Abuata Nr.7 ♪
Abuata Nr.8 ♪
Abuata Nr.9 ♪
Abuata Nr.10 ♪
Abuata Nr.11 ♪
Abuata Nr.12 ♪
Abuata Nr.13 ♪
Abuata Nr.14 ♪
Abuata Nr.15
Avaz Afshari
Afshari Nr.1 ♪
Afshari Nr.2 ♪
Afshari Nr.3 ♪
Afshari Nr.4 ♪
Afshari Nr.5 ♪
Afshari Nr.6 ♪
Afshari Nr.7 ♪
Afshari Nr.8 ♪
Afshari Nr.9 ♪
Afshari Nr.10 ♪
Afshari Nr.11 ♪
Afshari Nr.12 ♪
Afshari Nr.13
Avaz Dashti
Dashti Nr.1 ♪ Dashti Nr.2 ♪ Dashti Nr.3 ♪ Dashti Nr.4 ♪ Dashti Nr.5 ♪ Dashti Nr.6 ♪ Dashti Nr.7 ♪ Dashti Nr.8
Avaz Esfahan
Esfahan Nr.1 ♪
Esfahan Nr.2 ♪
Esfahan Nr.3 ♪
Esfahan Nr.4 ♪
Esfahan Nr.5 ♪
Esfahan Nr.6 ♪
Esfahan Nr.7 ♪
Esfahan Nr.8 ♪
Esfahan Nr.9 ♪
Esfahan Nr.10 ♪
Esfahan Nr.11 ♪
Esfahan Nr.12 ♪
Esfahan Nr.13
Avaz Kord
Kord Nr.1 ♪ Kord Nr.2 ♪ Kord Nr.3 ♪ Kord Nr.4 ♪ Kord Nr.5 ♪ Kord Nr.6 ♪ Kord Nr.7 ♪ Kord Nr.8
Avaz Torc
Torc Nr.1 ♪
Torc Nr.2 ♪
Torc Nr.3 ♪
Torc Nr.4 ♪
Torc Nr.5 ♪
Torc Nr.6 ♪
Torc Nr.7 ♪
Torc Nr.8 ♪
Torc Nr.9 ♪
Torc Nr.10 ♪
Torc Nr.11 ♪
Torc Nr.12 ♪
Torc Nr.13
♬ ♬ ♬
Dastgah Chahargah
Chahargah Nr.1 ♪
Chahargah Nr.2 ♪
Chahargah Nr.3 ♪
Chahargah Nr.4 ♪
Chahargah Nr.5 ♪
Chahargah Nr.6 ♪
Chahargah Nr.7 ♪
Chahargah Nr.8 ♪
Chahargah Nr.9 ♪
Chahargah Nr.10 ♪
Chahargah Nr.11 ♪
Chahargah Nr.12 ♪
Chahargah Nr.13 ♪
Chahargah Nr.14 ♪
Chahargah Nr.15 ♪
Chahargah Nr.16 ♪
Chahargah Nr.17 ♪
Chahargah Nr.18 ♪
Chahargah Nr.19 ♪
Chahargah Nr.20 ♪
Chahargah Nr.21 ♪
Chahargah Nr.22 ♪
Chahargah Nr.23 ♪
Chahargah Nr.24 ♪
Chahargah Nr.25 ♪
Chahargah Nr.26 ♪
Chahargah Nr.27
Dastgah Homayun
Homayun Nr.1 ♪
Homayun Nr.2 ♪
Homayun Nr.3 ♪
Homayun Nr.4 ♪
Homayun Nr.5 ♪
Homayun Nr.6 ♪
Homayun Nr.7 ♪
Homayun Nr.8 ♪
Homayun Nr.9 ♪
Homayun Nr.10 ♪
Homayun Nr.11 ♪
Homayun Nr.12 ♪
Homayun Nr.13 ♪
Homayun Nr.14 ♪
Homayun Nr.15 ♪
Homayun Nr.16 ♪
Homayun Nr.17 ♪
Homayun Nr.18 ♪
Homayun Nr.19 ♪
Homayun Nr.20 ♪
Homayun Nr.21 ♪
Homayun Nr.22 ♪
Homayun Nr.23 ♪
Homayun Nr.24 ♪
Homayun Nr.25 ♪
Homayun Nr.26 ♪
Homayun Nr.27 ♪
Homayun Nr.28 ♪
Homayun Nr.29 ♪
Homayun Nr.30 ♪
Homayun Nr.31 ♪
Homayun Nr.32
Dastgah Mahur
Mahur Nr.1 ♪
Mahur Nr.2 ♪
Mahur Nr.3 ♪
Mahur Nr.4 ♪
Mahur Nr.5 ♪
Mahur Nr.6 ♪
Mahur Nr.7 ♪
Mahur Nr.8 ♪
Mahur Nr.9 ♪
Mahur Nr.10 ♪
Mahur Nr.11 ♪
Mahur Nr.12 ♪
Mahur Nr.13 ♪
Mahur Nr.14 ♪
Mahur Nr.15 ♪
Mahur Nr.16 ♪
Mahur Nr.17 ♪
Mahur Nr.18 ♪
Mahur Nr.19 ♪
Mahur Nr.20 ♪
Mahur Nr.21 ♪
Mahur Nr.22 ♪
Mahur Nr.23 ♪
Mahur Nr.24 ♪
Mahur Nr.25 ♪
Mahur Nr.26 ♪
Mahur Nr.27 ♪
Mahur Nr.28 ♪
Mahur Nr.29 ♪
Mahur Nr.30 ♪
Mahur Nr.31 ♪
Mahur Nr.32 ♪
Mahur Nr.33 ♪
Mahur Nr.34 ♪
Mahur Nr.35 ♪
Mahur Nr.36 ♪
Mahur Nr.37 ♪
Mahur Nr.38 ♪
Mahur Nr.39 ♪
Mahur Nr.40 ♪
Mahur Nr.41
Dastgah Nava
Nava Nr.1 ♪
Nava Nr.2 ♪
Nava Nr.3 ♪
Nava Nr.4 ♪
Nava Nr.5 ♪
Nava Nr.6 ♪
Nava Nr.7 ♪
Nava Nr.8 ♪
Nava Nr.9 ♪
Nava Nr.10 ♪
Nava Nr.11 ♪
Nava Nr.12 ♪
Nava Nr.13 ♪
Nava Nr.14 ♪
Nava Nr.15 ♪
Nava Nr.16 ♪
Nava Nr.17 ♪
Nava Nr.18 ♪
Nava Nr.19 ♪
Nava Nr.20 ♪
Nava Nr.21 ♪
Nava Nr.22 ♪
Nava Nr.23
Dastgah Rast
Rast Nr.1 ♪
Rast Nr.2 ♪
Rast Nr.3 ♪
Rast Nr.4 ♪
Rast Nr.5 ♪
Rast Nr.6 ♪
Rast Nr.7 ♪
Rast Nr.8 ♪
Rast Nr.9 ♪
Rast Nr.10 ♪
Rast Nr.11 ♪
Rast Nr.12 ♪
Rast Nr.13 ♪
Rast Nr.14 ♪
Rast Nr.15 ♪
Rast Nr.16 ♪
Rast Nr.17 ♪
Rast Nr.18 ♪
Rast Nr.19 ♪
Rast Nr.20 ♪
Rast Nr.21 ♪
Rast Nr.22 ♪
Rast Nr.23 ♪
Rast Nr.24 ♪
Rast Nr.25 ♪
Rast Nr.26 ♪
Rast Nr.27 ♪
Rast Nr.28 ♪
Rast Nr.29 ♪
Rast Nr.30 ♪
Rast Nr.31 ♪
Rast Nr.32 ♪
Rast Nr.33 ♪
Rast Nr.34 ♪
Rast Nr.35 ♪
Rast Nr.36
Dastgah Segah
Segah Nr.1 ♪
Segah Nr.2 ♪
Segah Nr.3 ♪
Segah Nr.4 ♪
Segah Nr.5 ♪
Segah Nr.6 ♪
Segah Nr.7 ♪
Segah Nr.8 ♪
Segah Nr.9 ♪
Segah Nr.10 ♪
Segah Nr.11 ♪
Segah Nr.12 ♪
Segah Nr.13 ♪
Segah Nr.14 ♪
Segah Nr.15 ♪
Segah Nr.16 ♪
Segah Nr.17 ♪
Segah Nr.18 ♪
Segah Nr.19 ♪
Segah Nr.20 ♪
Segah Nr.21 ♪
Segah Nr.22 ♪
Segah Nr.23
Dastgah Shur
Shur Nr.1 ♪
Shur Nr.2 ♪
Shur Nr.3 ♪
Shur Nr.4 ♪
Shur Nr.5 ♪
Shur Nr.6 ♪
Shur Nr.7 ♪
Shur Nr.8 ♪
Shur Nr.9 ♪
Shur Nr.10 ♪
Shur Nr.11 ♪
Shur Nr.12 ♪
Shur Nr.13 ♪
Shur Nr.14 ♪
Shur Nr.15 ♪
Shur Nr.16 ♪
Shur Nr.17 ♪
Shur Nr.18 ♪
Shur Nr.19 ♪
Shur Nr.20 ♪
Shur Nr.21 ♪
Shur Nr.22 ♪
Shur Nr.23 ♪
Shur Nr.24 ♪
Shur Nr.25 ♪
Shur Nr.26 ♪
Shur Nr.27 ♪
Shur Nr.28 ♪
Shur Nr.29 ♪
Shur Nr.30
The Transcription of Radif
Persian Music Principal Repertoire for Persian Tar
Mirza Abdollah - Mirza Hosseyn Qoli - Ali Akbar Shahnazi (Child)
In this part I am going to share a transcription of Mirza Hosseyn Qoli's repertoire for Persian Tar. It is obvious that the source of transcription is the recording, which has been played by Ali Acbar Xan Shahnazi, though sometimes you can see and hear some differences between the recording and the transcription. This transcription is Reza Vohdani's effort for making a musical image of this Persian music treasure. There are some other transcriptions, but here I like to name only the one which belongs to Farhad Arjangi, cause when you compare these two transcriptions, you will see and feel some changes in this repertoire according to the musical taste of Ali Acbar Xan Shahnazi in the time interval of Farhad Arjangi's transcription and the recording of the repertoire. We know that at the time that Farhad Arjangi transcribed the repertoire, there was no recording, so his source was only what he learned and heard from his master Ali Acbar Xan Shahnazi. Reza Vohdani was Ali Acbar Xan's pupil as well, I have scanned and edited his transcription in order to appreciate his great work which has been done with high level of accuracy. Scanning and editing the pieces of this repertoire took me a long time and I had to be really patient, so I hope that this transcription can be of help to the researchers and musicians, who want to have a deeper feeling and understanding of the pricipal repertoire of Persian authentic music.
Avaz Abuata
Abuata Nr.1 ♩
Abuata Nr.2 ♩
Abuata Nr.3 ♩
Abuata Nr.4 ♩
Abuata Nr.5 ♩
Abuata Nr.6 ♩
Abuata Nr.7 ♩
Abuata Nr.8 ♩
Abuata Nr.9 ♩
Abuata Nr.10 ♩
Abuata Nr.11 ♩
Abuata Nr.12 ♩
Abuata Nr.13 ♩
Abuata Nr.14 ♩
Abuata Nr.15.1 ♩
Abuata Nr.15.2 ♩
Abuata Nr.16 ♩
Abuata Nr.17 ♩
Abuata Nr.18
Avaz Afshari
Afshari Nr.1 ♩
Afshari Nr.2 ♩
Afshari Nr.3 ♩
Afshari Nr.4 ♩
Afshari Nr.5 ♩
Afshari Nr.6 ♩
Afshari Nr.7 ♩
Afshari Nr.8 ♩
Afshari Nr.9 ♩
Afshari Nr.10 ♩
Afshari Nr.11 ♩
Afshari Nr.12 ♩
Afshari Nr.13 ♩
Afshari Nr.14 ♩
Afshari Nr.15 ♩
Afshari Nr.16
Avaz Dashti
Dashti Nr.1 ♩
Dashti Nr.2 ♩
Dashti Nr.3 ♩
Dashti Nr.4 ♩
Dashti Nr.5 ♩
Dashti Nr.6 ♩
Dashti Nr.7 ♩
Dashti Nr.8 ♩
Dashti Nr.9 ♩
Dashti Nr.10 ♩
Dashti Nr.11
Avaz Esfahan
Esfahan Nr.1 ♩
Esfahan Nr.2 ♩
Esfahan Nr.3 ♩
Esfahan Nr.4 ♩
Esfahan Nr.5 ♩
Esfahan Nr.6 ♩
Esfahan Nr.7 ♩
Esfahan Nr.8 ♩
Esfahan Nr.9 ♩
Esfahan Nr.10 ♩
Esfahan Nr.11 ♩
Esfahan Nr.12 ♩
Esfahan Nr.13 ♩
Esfahan Nr.14 ♩
Esfahan Nr.15
Avaz Kord
Kord Nr.1 ♩ Kord Nr.2 ♩ Kord Nr.3 ♩ Kord Nr.4 ♩ Kord Nr.5 ♩ Kord Nr.6 ♩ Kord Nr.7 ♩ Kord Nr.8 ♩ Kord Nr.9
Avaz Torc
Torc Nr.1 ♩
Torc Nr.2 ♩
Torc Nr.3 ♩
Torc Nr.4 ♩
Torc Nr.5 ♩
Torc Nr.6 ♩
Torc Nr.7 ♩
Torc Nr.8 ♩
Torc Nr.9 ♩
Torc Nr.10 ♩
Torc Nr.11 ♩
Torc Nr.12
♬ ♬ ♬
Dastgah Chahargah
Chahargah Nr.1 ♩
Chahargah Nr.2 ♩
Chahargah Nr.3 ♩
Chahargah Nr.4 ♩
Chahargah Nr.5 ♩
Chahargah Nr.6 ♩
Chahargah Nr.7 ♩
Chahargah Nr.8 ♩
Chahargah Nr.9 ♩
Chahargah Nr.10 ♩
Chahargah Nr.11 ♩
Chahargah Nr.12 ♩
Chahargah Nr.13 ♩
Chahargah Nr.14 ♩
Chahargah Nr.15.1 ♩
Chahargah Nr.15.2 ♩
Chahargah Nr.16 ♩
Chahargah Nr.17 ♩
Chahargah Nr.18.1 ♩
Chahargah Nr.18.2 ♩
Chahargah Nr.19 ♩
Chahargah Nr.20.1 ♩
Chahargah Nr.20.2 ♩
Chahargah Nr.20.3 ♩
Chahargah Nr.21.1 ♩
Chahargah Nr.21.2
Dastgah Homayun
Homayun Nr.1 ♩
Homayun Nr.2.1 ♩
Homayun Nr.2.2 ♩
Homayun Nr.3 ♩
Homayun Nr.4 ♩
Homayun Nr.5 ♩
Homayun Nr.6 ♩
Homayun Nr.7 ♩
Homayun Nr.8.1 ♩
Homayun Nr.8.2 ♩
Homayun Nr.9 ♩
Homayun Nr.10 ♩
Homayun Nr.11 ♩
Homayun Nr.12 ♩
Homayun Nr.13 ♩
Homayun Nr.14 ♩
Homayun Nr.15 ♩
Homayun Nr.16 ♩
Homayun Nr.17 ♩
Homayun Nr.18 ♩
Homayun Nr.19 ♩
Homayun Nr.20 ♩
Homayun Nr.21 ♩
Homayun Nr.22 ♩
Homayun Nr.23 ♩
Homayun Nr.24 ♩
Dastgah Mahur
Mahur Nr.1 ♩
Mahur Nr.2 ♩
Mahur Nr.3 ♩
Mahur Nr.4 ♩
Mahur Nr.5 ♩
Mahur Nr.6 ♩
Mahur Nr.7 ♩
Mahur Nr.8 ♩
Mahur Nr.9 ♩
Mahur Nr.10 ♩
Mahur Nr.11 ♩
Mahur Nr.12 ♩
Mahur Nr.13.1 ♩
Mahur Nr.13.2 ♩
Mahur Nr.14.1 ♩
Mahur Nr.14.2 ♩
Mahur Nr.15 ♩
Mahur Nr.16 ♩
Mahur Nr.17 ♩
Mahur Nr.18 ♩
Mahur Nr.20 ♩
Mahur Nr.21 ♩
Mahur Nr.22 ♩
Mahur Nr.23 ♩
Mahur Nr.24.1 ♩
Mahur Nr.24.2 ♩
Mahur Nr.25.1 ♩
Mahur Nr.25.2 ♩
Mahur Nr.26 ♩
Mahur Nr.27 ♩
Mahur Nr.28 ♩
Dastgah Nava
Nava Nr.1 ♩
Nava Nr.2 ♩
Nava Nr.3.1 ♩
Nava Nr.3.2 ♩
Nava Nr.4 ♩
Nava Nr.5 ♩
Nava Nr.6 ♩
Nava Nr.7 ♩
Nava Nr.8 ♩
Nava Nr.9 ♩
Nava Nr.10 ♩
Nava Nr.11 ♩
Nava Nr.12 ♩
Nava Nr.13 ♩
Nava Nr.14 ♩
Nava Nr.15 ♩
Nava Nr.16 ♩
Nava Nr.17 ♩
Nava Nr.18 ♩
Nava Nr.19 ♩
Nava Nr.20 ♩
Nava Nr.21 ♩
Nava Nr.22 ♩
Dastgah Rast
Rast Nr.1 ♩
Rast Nr.2.1 ♩
Rast Nr.2.2 ♩
Rast Nr.3 ♩
Rast Nr.4 ♩
Rast Nr.5 ♩
Rast Nr.6 ♩
Rast Nr.7 ♩
Rast Nr.8 ♩
Rast Nr.9 ♩
Rast Nr.10 ♩
Rast Nr.11 ♩
Rast Nr.12 ♩
Rast Nr.13 ♩
Rast Nr.14 ♩
Rast Nr.15 ♩
Rast Nr.16 ♩
Rast Nr.17 ♩
Rast Nr.18 ♩
Rast Nr.19.1 ♩
Rast Nr.19.2 ♩
Rast Nr.20 ♩
Rast Nr.21 ♩
Rast Nr.22 ♩
Rast Nr.23 ♩
Rast Nr.24 ♩
Rast Nr.25 ♩
Rast Nr.26.1 ♩
Rast Nr.26.2 ♩
Dastgah Segah
Segah Nr.1 ♩
Segah Nr.2 ♩
Segah Nr.3 ♩
Segah Nr.4 ♩
Segah Nr.5 ♩
Segah Nr.6 ♩
Segah Nr.7 ♩
Segah Nr.8 ♩
Segah Nr.9 ♩
Segah Nr.10 ♩
Segah Nr.11 ♩
Segah Nr.12.1 ♩
Segah Nr.12.2 ♩
Segah Nr.13 ♩
Segah Nr.14 ♩
Segah Nr.15 ♩
Segah Nr.16 ♩
Segah Nr.17 ♩
Segah Nr.18 ♩
Segah Nr.19 ♩
Segah Nr.20.1 ♩
Segah Nr.20.2 ♩
Dastgah Shur
Shur Nr.1 ♩
Shur Nr.2 ♩
Shur Nr.3 ♩
Shur Nr.4 ♩
Shur Nr.5 ♩
Shur Nr.6 ♩
Shur Nr.7 ♩
Shur Nr.8 ♩
Shur Nr.9 ♩
Shur Nr.10 ♩
Shur Nr.11 ♩
Shur Nr.12 ♩
Shur Nr.13 ♩
Shur Nr.14 ♩
Shur Nr.15 ♩
Shur Nr.16 ♩
Shur Nr.17.1 ♩
Shur Nr.17.2 ♩
Shur Nr.18 ♩
Shur Nr.19 ♩
Shur Nr.20 ♩
Shur Nr.21.1 ♩
Shur Nr.21.2 ♩
Shur Nr.22 ♩
Shur Nr.23.1 ♩
Shur Nr.23.2 ♩
Shur Nr.23.3 ♩
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