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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 .
Pages in category "Iranian musical instruments" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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.
Music in Iran, as evidenced by the "pre-Iranian" archaeological records of Elam, the oldest civilization in southwestern Iran, dates back thousands of years.Iran is the birthplace of the earliest complex instruments, which date back to the third millennium BC. [2]
Musical instruments of various sorts are used in Iran's traditional music, some of which belong to specific groups. Three types of instruments are common to all parts of the country, namely sorna (karnay, zurna), ney , and a doubleheader drum called dohol. [citation needed]
Kamancheh. The kamancheh (also kamānche or kamāncha) (Persian: کمانچه, Azerbaijani: kamança, Armenian: քամանչա, Kurdish: کەمانچە ,kemançe) is an Iranian bowed string instrument used in Persian, [1] Azerbaijani, [2] Armenian, [3] Kurdish, [4] Georgian, Turkmen, and Uzbek music with slight variations in the structure of the instrument.
Dozaleh or (Donay in Kurdish) is a very old instrument that is one of the first Iranian wind instruments. In Kurdish areas, this instrument is made from a plant called Zaleh, which grows near rivers. In modern times, the instrument's body has also been made from aluminum or copper tubes.
Other tanbur-family instruments share the setar name. Sharing the name may not mean a direct connection between the musical traditions. In Tajikistan, the Pamiri Setor is larger than the Iranian setar. It has 3 playing strings and sympathetic strings (as many as 8–12). [1] It is played with a "thimblelike metal plectrum" worn on a finger. [4]