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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 .
A "row" in the theory of Iranian music, is the arrangement of songs and melodies. Each of these songs, called a corner. Instrument. "Instrument" in traditional Iranian music, refers to a collection of several melodies (corners) that are in harmony with each other in steps, tunes, and intervals of notes. Song. "Song", here is: A special kind of ...
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.
The tanbur is currently the musical instrument used in Ahl-e Haqq (Yarsani) rituals, and practitioners venerate tembûrs as sacred objects. [7] There is also a Taleshi tanbur in small region Talesh in the north of Iran, and Tanburak in Balochistan in the southeast of Iran. [9] But Kermanshahan tanbur is the main and the most famous tanbur in Iran.
Daf (Persian: دف), also known as dâyere and riq, is a Middle Eastern (mainly Iranian) [1] frame drum musical instrument, used in popular and classical music in South and Central Asia. It is also used in Afghanistan , Azerbaijan , Tajikistan , Iran , Uzbekistan , many regions of Georgia , Armenia , Pakistan as well as in parts of India [ 2 ...
The tombak (Persian: تمبک), tonbak (تنبک) or zarb (ضَرب) is an Iranian goblet drum. [1] It is considered the principal percussion instrument of Persian music.The tombak is normally positioned diagonally across the torso, while the player uses one or more fingers and/or the palm(s) of the hand(s) on the drumhead, often (for a ringing timbre) near the drumhead's edge.
String instrument; Other names: setaar or setâr: Classification: Plucked: Hornbostel–Sachs classification: 321.321 (Necked-bowl lutes: instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings, in which the resonator and string bearer are physically united and can not be separated without destroying the instrument, in which the strings run in a plane parallel to the sound ...
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.