“Shur”() – is one of the great

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. ...

s (a multifrequency vocal-instrumental composition) and one of seven main

mode Mode ( meaning "manner, tune, measure, due measure, rhythm, melody") may refer to: Arts and entertainment * MO''D''E (magazine), a defunct U.S. women's fashion magazine * ''Mode'' magazine, a fictional fashion magazine which is the setting fo ...

s in

Azerbaijani music Azerbaijani music (Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan musiqisi) is the musical tradition of the Azerbaijani people from the Azerbaijan Republic. Azerbaijani music has evolved under the badge of monody, producing rhythmically diverse ...

. This is the second mode and consists of 1-0.5-1 tone, which is created in the result of amalgamation of three tetra-chords with reach method of the first tetra-chord. Shur mode is the most used mode in

Ashik An ashik (; ) or ashugh (; ka, :ka:აშუღი, აშუღი) is traditionally a List of oral repositories, singer-poet and bard who accompanies his song—be it a dastan (traditional epic story, also known as ''Azeri hikaye, hikaye' ...

art. Shur creates a joyful lyrical mood for the listener.Politically Correct Music
/ref> Subgenres of Shur includes: Bardasht, Maye, Salmak, Shur-Shahnaz, Busalik, Bayaty-Turk, Shikasteyi-Fars, Mubarriga, Ashiran, Semai-Shams, Hijaz, Shakh Khatai, Sarenj, Gemengiz, Nishibi-Feraz, space for Shur. Mugams relating to the Shur are: Shahnaz, Sarenj, Arazbary, Osmani, Rahab, Neva.There are seven main modes and three auxiliary modes in Azerbaijan Mugam
In comparison with Shur of the beginning of the 20th century, in the modern Shur many parts are not used. Modern Shur consists of parts (shobe) such as ''Maye'', ''Kur-Shahnaz'', ''Bayati-Kurd'', ''Shikesteyi-fars'', ''Mubarriga'', ''Semayi-shems'', ''Hijnaz'', ''Sarenj'' and ''Nishibi-feraz''. Some performers of Shur use little parts such as ''Buselik'', ''Ashiran'' and ''Shah Khatai''. Maximally shortened kind of Shur destgah includes 8 main parts: ''Berdasht'', ''Maye'', ''Shur-Shahnaz'', ''Bayati-Turk'', ''Shikesteyi-fars'', Semayi-shems'', ''Hijaz'' and ''Sarenj''. These parts play a function of "bearing components" of the whole construction in the modern level and make a mode "skeleton" of the composition. There is also

maqam Maqam, makam, maqaam or maqām (plural maqāmāt) may refer to: Musical structures * Arabic maqam, melodic modes in traditional Arabic music ** Iraqi maqam, a genre of Arabic maqam music found in Iraq * Persian maqam, a notion in Persian clas ...

Shur in Azerbaijani music. Mughams such as ''Shahnaz'', ''Bayati-Kurd'', ''Nava'', Azerbaijani national songs and dance melodies and also Shur are based in this maqam. Azerbaijani composer

Fikret Amirov Fikret Mashadi Jamil oghlu Amirov (November 22, 1922February 20, 1984) was a prominent Soviet and Azerbaijani composer. Biography Early life and education Originally from Shusha, Fikret Amirov was born on November 22, 1922, in the family of ...

composed “Shur” mugham on the basis of this Shur. A documentary of the same name, shot in 1967 by

AzTV AzTV or Azerbaijan Television () is a state-controlled national television station in Azerbaijan. It is the oldest television channel in the country, having first broadcast from Baku on 14 February 1956 in what was then the Azerbaijan Soviet ...

, is dedicated to “Shur” mugham.

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