Dastgāh-e Chahārgāh ( fa, دستگاه چهارگاه; az, Çahargah) is a musical
modal system in traditional
mugham
Mugham ( az, Muğam) or Mughamat ( az, Muğamat) is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ashik.
It is a highly complex art form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation in specific ...
music and one of the seven
''Dastgāh''s of
Persian Music Persian music may refer to various types of the music of Persia/ Iran or other Persian-speaking countries:
*Persian traditional music
* Persian ritual music
*Persian pop music
Iranian pop music or Persian pop music ( fa, موسیقی پاپ ا� ...
. Classically, Persian Music is organized into seven ''Dastgāhs'' and five ''
Āvāz''es, however from a merely technical point of view, one can consider them as an ensemble of 12 ''Dastgāh''s.
This is the fifth and the longest mode according to the amount of sounds. It consists of eleven membranes. Three tetra-chords are amalgamated with two methods. The first and the second tetra-chords are amalgamated with the first method. The second and the third tetra-chords are amalgamated with different method. Tetra-chords are 0.5+1.5+0.5 tone structural. Chahargah mode is represented in two kinds in Uzeyir Hajibeyov’s composition.
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/ref> It creates at listener excitement and passion. Subgenres of Chahargah are: Bardasht, Maye, Bali-Kabutar, Djovhari, Basta-Nigar, Hisar, Mualif, Garra, Mukhalif, Ouj Mukhalif, Maghlub, Mansuriyya, Uzzal.
References
Azerbaijani music
Modes (music)
Mugham modes
* Hormoz Farhat, ''The Dastgāh Concept in Persian Music'' (Cambridge University Press, 1990). , {{ISBN, 0-521-54206-5 (first paperback edition, 2004).