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Mugni
The mugni (archlute) is a Persian stringed musical instrument which resembles a tar (lute), tar except that the two globes are connected and not separated like the tar's. During Ghuri rulers and Khwarizmi (12th – 13th century) music grew. Two notable theorists of this era were Fakhr al-Din al-Razi and Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. Another Persian theorist was Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi who was famous for Pearl of Crown (Durrat al-taj). In the Treasure-House of Gift (Kanz al -Tahaf) an important work in 1350, Oud, ud (lute), rubab (instrument), rubab (lute), mughni (archlute), chang (instrument), chang (harp), nuzhe, qanun (instrument), qanun (psaltery), Ghaychak (spiked viol), pisha (fife) and nay-i siyah (reedpipe) are completely described. In other places, dutar (two strings) and setar (three strings) exquisite of poet Hafez are mentioned. See also * Safi al-Din al-Urmawi References {{Azerbaijani musical instruments Persian musical instruments Azerbaijani musical instruments T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Musical Instruments
Turkish musical instruments are the traditional and modern instruments used in the folk music, musical traditions of the Turkish people. They play a central role in Turkish folk music, Ottoman classical music, and modern Turkish compositions. These instruments can be categorized into three main groups: String instrument, stringed, Wind instrument, wind, and Percussion instrument, percussion instruments. Stringed instruments * Bağlama, Bağlama (Saz) * Tanbur * Kemençe * Qanun (instrument), Kanun * Oud, Ud * Ahenk * Çeng * Classical kemençe * Kemençe of the Black Sea, Karadeniz kemençe * Cümbüş * Yaylı tambur * Rebab / Kabak kemane * Sine kemanı * Cura (instrument), Cura * Komuz * Rud * Lavta * Mugni * Santur * Shahrud, Şehrud * Tar (string instrument), Tar Wind instruments * Zurna * Tulum * Mey (instrument), Mey * Düdük * Kaval * Çığırtma * Karkm * Dankiyo * Gaida, Gayda * Arghul, Çifte * Ney * Turkish ney * Sipsi * Dilli kaval * Tin whistle, Dilli ney * Miskal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safi Al-Din Al-Urmawi
Safi al-Din al-Urmawi al-Baghdadi () or Safi al-Din Abd al-Mu'min ibn Yusuf ibn al-Fakhir al-Urmawi al-Baghdadi (born c. 1216 AD in Urmia, died in 1294 AD in Baghdad) was a musician and writer on the theory of music. Background and life Safi al-Din Abd al-Muʾmin ibn Yusof ibn Fakhir al-Ormawi al-Baghdadi (Sufi al-Dīn in some Ottoman sources), renowned musician and writer on the theory of music, was born c. 613 AH (1216 AD), probably in Urmiya (Iran). He died in Baghdad on 28 Ṣafar 693 AH (28 January 1294 AD), at the age of about 80. According to the Encyclopedia of Islam "The sources are silent about the ethnic origin of his family. He may have been of Persian descent, as Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi calls him afdal-i Īrān (A sage of Iran)". Based on its terminology, Al-Urmawi's 'international' modal system was intended to represent the predominant Arab and Persian local traditions. In his youth, he went to Baghdad and was educated in the Arabic language, literature, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuzhe
The nuzhe ( or ) is an Azerbaijani string instrument. Nuzhe was made in base of çeng and qanun (instrument). Nuzhe, invented by prominent music expert Safi al-Din al-Urmawi. Etymology The words "Nuzha" and "An-Nuzha" in Arabic mean "entertainment" or "delight," which relates to the instrument's sound timbre. History This instrument, widely used in the Middle Ages, began to fade from memory after the 16th century. However, through research in archives, it has become possible to restore the instrument. Structure In terms of structure, it resembles the santur and is chromatic like the santur. It has a long rectangular shape with 81 strings. Considering that every three strings are tuned in unison, it can be deduced that the Nuzha musical instrument produces 27 different sounds. See also * Safi al-Din al-Urmawi * Mugni The mugni (archlute) is a Persian stringed musical instrument which resembles a tar (lute), tar except that the two globes are connected and not separated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisha
The music of Iran encompasses music produced by Iranian artists. In addition to the traditional folk and classical genres, it also includes pop and internationally celebrated styles such as jazz, rock, and hip hop. Iranian music influenced other cultures in West Asia, building up much of the musical terminology of the neighboring Turkic and Arabic cultures, and reached India through the 16th-century Persianate Mughal Empire, whose court promoted new musical forms by bringing Iranian musicians. History Earliest records 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. A number of trumpets made of silver, gold, and copper were found in eastern Iran that are attributed to the Oxus civilization and date back between 2200 and 1750 BC. The use of both vertical and horizontal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijani Musical Instruments
Azerbaijani traditional musical instruments are a family of ancient string, wind and percussion instruments used in the performance of Azerbaijani folk music, Azerbaijani traditional music. Types of instruments Instruments used in traditional Azerbaijani music include the stringed instruments ''Tar (lute), tar'' (skin faced lute), the ''kamancha'' (skin faced spike fiddle), the ''oud'', originally ''barbat'', and the ''baglama, saz'' (long necked lute); the double-reed wind instrument ''Balaban (instrument), balaban'', the frame drum ''ghaval'', the cylindrical double faced drum ''nagara (drum), nagara'' (''davul''), and the ''goshe nagara'' (''naqareh'') (pair of small kettle drums). Other instruments include the ''garmon'' (small accordion), ''Dilli kaval, tutek'' (whistle flute), and ''daf'' (frame drum). The zurna and naghara duo is played at weddings and other local celebrations. Instruments can be played individually, in an improvisational manner, in ensembles, during tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Musical Instruments
Persian musical instruments or Iranian musical instruments can be broadly classified into three categories: Persian traditional music, classical, Persian Symphonic Music, Western and Iranian folk music, 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. In the ancient era, the Silk Road had an effective role in this distribution. String instruments Orchestral *Tar (lute), Tar *Setar *Kamancheh *Ghaychak *barbat (lute), Barbat *Chang (instrument)/Angular harp *Santoor (Persian instrument), Santoor *Qanun (instrument), Qānūn * Shurangiz Safavid-style portrait, female musician plays a tar.jpg, Tar Woman with a setar, Safavid Iran, Isfahan (ca. 1600-1610).jpg, Setar, ca. 1610 A court musician playing the kemanche, painting by Abul Qasim, Qajar Iran.jpg, Kamancheh Woman playing a santur, Qajar Iran, artist named Ahma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hafez
(), known by his pen name Hafez ( or 'the keeper'; 1325–1390) or Hafiz, “Ḥāfeẓ” designates someoone who has learned the Qurʾān by heart" also known by his nickname Lisan al-Ghaib ('the tongue of the unseen'), was a Persian lyric poet whose collected works are regarded by many Iranians as one of the highest pinnacles of Persian literature. His works are often found in the homes of Persian speakers, who learn his poems by heart and use them as everyday proverbs and sayings. His life and poems have become the subjects of much analysis, commentary, and interpretation, influencing post-14th century Persian writing more than any other Persian author. Hafez is best known for his '' Divān'', a collection of his surviving poems probably compiled after his death. His works can be described as " antinomian" and with the medieval use of the term "theosophical"; the term "theosophy" in the 13th and 14th centuries was used to indicate mystical work by "authors only inspired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setar
A setar (, ) (lit: "Three String (music), Strings") is a stringed instrument, a type of lute used in Persian traditional music, played solo or accompanying voice. It is a member of the tanbur family of long-necked lutes with a range of more than two and a half Octave, octaves. Originally a three stringed instrument, a fourth string was added by Mushtaq Ali Shah by the mid 19th century. It is played with the index finger of the right hand. It has been speculated that the setar originated in Persia by the 9th century AD A more conservative estimate says "it originated in the 15th century, or even earlier." Although related to the tanbur, in recent centuries, the setar has evolved so that, musically, it more closely resembles the Tar (string instrument), tar, both in Musical tuning, tuning and playing style. Etymology According to Curt Sachs, Persians chose to name their lutes around the word ''tar'', meaning string, combined with a word for the number of strings. Du + tar is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutar
The ''dutar'' (also ''Dotara, dotar''; ; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a traditional Iranian long-necked two-stringed lute found in Iran and Central Asia. Its name comes from the Persian language, Persian word for "two strings", دوتار ''do tār'' (< دو ''do'' "two",تار ''tār'' "string"), although the Herati dutar of Afghanistan has fourteen strings. Dutar is very popular in Tajikistan and Khorasan province, Khorasan province of Iran. When played, the strings are usually plucked by the Uyghur people, Uyghurs of Western China and strummed and plucked by the Tājik people, Tajiks, Turkmen people, Turkmen, Uzbeks. Related instruments include the Kazakhstan, Kazakh dombra. The dutar is also an important instrument among the Kurds of Khorasan, tork of Khorasan amongst whom Haj Qorban Soleimani, Haj Ghorban Soleimani of Quchan was a noted virtuoso. In Kurdish languages, tork one who plays the dutar is known as a (bakhshi) similar to Turkmen language, Turkmen , while in Azerbaijani lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archlute
The archlute (, , ) is a European plucked string instrument developed around 1600 as a compromise between the very large theorbo, the size and re-entrant tuning of which made for difficulties in the performance of solo music, and the Renaissance tenor lute, which lacked the bass range of the theorbo. Essentially a tenor lute with the theorbo's neck-extension, the archlute lacks the power in the tenor and the bass that the theorbo's large body and typically greater string length provide. Overview The main differences between the archlute and the "baroque" lute of northern Europe are that the baroque lute has 11 to 13 courses, while the archlute typically has 14, and the tuning of the first six courses of the baroque lute outlines a d-minor chord, while the archlute preserves the tuning of the Renaissance lute, with perfect fourths surrounding a third in the middle for the first six. The archlute was often used as a solo instrument for the first three-quarters of the 17th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghaychak
The ''ghaychak'' or ''gheychak'' () is a bowed lute used in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. The name is similar to the Central Asian ghijak, but that instrument is more closely related to the kamancheh. Double-chambered bowl lute A double-chambered bowl lute with four or more metal strings and a short fretless neck. It is used by Iranians and Baloch people, and is similar to Sarinda. The soundbox is carved out of a single piece of wood. The upper orifice is partly covered in the middle by the handle and the lower one is covered by a skin membrane against which the bridge rests. In most Balochi musics, it is considered the main instrument and it is only through this instrument that the Baloch musician can tell his inner sadness with the same poignancy. The most famous musician of this instrument is Din Mohammad Zangshahi from Balochistan Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
