Humayun (mode)
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Dastgāh-e Homayun (; ) is a musical modal system in traditional
mugham Mugham () or Mughamat () is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ashik. It is an art form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation in specific local modes. Mugham is a modal system. ...
music and one of the seven ''dastgāh''s of
Persian Music Persian music may refer to various types of the music of Persia/Name of Iran, Iran or other List of countries and territories where Persian is an official language, Persian-speaking countries: *Persian traditional music *Persian ritual music *Persi ...
(Persian classical music is organized into seven ''dastgāhs'' and five '' Āvāzes''; however, from a purely technical point of view, one can consider them as an ensemble of 12 ''dastgāh''s). This is the seventh mode and consists of 0.5+1.5+0.5 tone, which is created in amalgamation of two tetra-chords with the fourth method. It is able to get sound line of Shushtar mode by changing the tetra-chords’ places in Humayun mode. So, these two modes’ structures are close to each other. It creates deeply mournful feelings at listener.Politically Correct Music
/ref> Subgenres of Humayun are: Bardasht, Humayun, Baxtiyari, Feili, Boyuk Masnavi, Movlavi, Shushtar, Tarkib, Uzzal or Bidad, Kichik Masnavi.


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