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Persian musical instruments or Iranian musical instruments can be broadly classified into three categories: classical, Western and folk. Most of Persian musical instruments spread in the former Persian Empires states all over the Middle East , Caucasus , Central Asia and through adaptation, relations, and trade, in Europe and far regions of Asia .
Indigenous Iranian musical instruments used in the traditional music include string instruments such as the chang , qanun, santur, rud (oud, barbat), tar, dotar, setar, tanbur, and kamanche, wind instruments such as the sorna (zurna, karna), ney, and neyanban, and percussion instruments such as the tombak, kus, daf , naqare, and dohol.
Pages in category "Persian musical instruments" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
There are depictions from as far back as 4000 BCE that show the chang being played, along with other instruments, and a singer. [4] Since the playing style of the chang does not share any similarities with other Persian instruments, it is a difficult instrument to pick up, play, and master. As a result, the number of chang players is small.
Santur – The Art of Persian Music; The Persian music and the santur instrument; Santur introduction in American Lutherie magazine; Nay-Nava Encyclopedia entry on the santur; Dr. Ümit Mutlu's information on the santur (in Turkish) Santur history (in Turkish) Archived 13 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine; The Iraqi Santur
The barbat probably originated in Central Asia. [1] The earliest image of the barbat dates back to the 1st century BC from ancient northern Bactria. [1] While in his book (Les instruments de musique de l’Inde ancienne) musicologist Claudie Marcel-Dubois [6] pointed out a more "clear cut" depiction of the barbat from Gandhara sculpture dated to the 2nd-4th centuries AD, which may well have ...
Dastgāh (/ d æ s t ˈ ɡ ɑː /; Persian: دستگاه, Classical: [dastˈɡɑːh], Iran: [dæstˈɡɒː(h)]) is the standard musical system in Persian art music, standardised in the 19th century following the transition of Persian music from the Maqam modal system. A dastgāh consists of a collection of musical melodies, gushehs.
Karna, one of the ancient Persian musical instruments, 6th century BC, Persepolis Museum. Musician playing karnay in Russian Turkestan . Musicians playing the karnay at the opening of the international film festival Didor in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 12 October 2010.