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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
- Persian symphonic music
- Persian piano music
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Persian traditional music:
Persian traditional music is the traditional and indigenous music of Persia / Iran. Persian traditional music is appreciated and enjoyed by people across Greater Persia/Iran. Persian traditional music relies on both improvisation and composition, and is based on a series of modal scales and tunes which must be memorized.
The common repertoire consists of more than two hundred short melodic movements called “gusheh”, which are classified into seven “dastgah” or "modes".
Two of these modes have secondary modes branching from them called “avaaz”. Each “gusheh” and “dastgah” has an individual name. This whole body is called the “Radif” of which there are several versions, each in accordance to the teachings of a particular master or “ostad”.
A typical performance consists of the following elements, although unconventionally these parts may be varied or omitted.
- Pishdaramad (a rhythmic prelude which sets the mood),
- daramad (rhythmic free motif),
- aavaaz (improvised rhythmic-free singing),
- tasnif (rhythmic accompanied by singing, an ode),
- chaharmezrab (rhythmic music but rhythmic-free or no singing),
- reng (closing rhythmic composition, a dance tune).
Persian Ritual Music:
Persian ritual music (sometimes called Iranian Ritual Music) is a type of Persian music which is used for religious ceremonies. Persian religious music can be used for various religions which are practiced in Persia/Iran such as Islam and Zoroastrianism.
Persian Pop Music:
Persian pop music (also known as Iranian pop music or Parsipop) refers to pop music with songs in the Persian language or other regional languages of Iran. Although Persian pop music originated in Iran, it is also listened to throughout other Persian-speaking countries like Tajikstan and Afghanistan, and notably by the Afghan and Iranian diaspora in America and Europe.
The origin of Iranian pop music goes to the Qajar dynasty in the 19th century, with the emergence of the stars such as Viguen. Viguen became one the most popular pop singers of this time period, and was referred to as the king of Iranian pop and the "Sultan of Jazz".
Different types of pop music in Iran, including rumba, tango and waltz music, were made in this period.
Persian Symphonic Music:
Persian symphonic music (sometimes referred to as Persian polyphonic music) generally refers to the pieces by the Persian (Iranian) composers which have been composed for Western ensembles and orchestras, mostly based on the Persian folk and classical melodies.
Some critics reject combining Persian music with Western orchestration because of differing intervallic distances between Persian and Western scales but the composers have found several ways to solve such problems.
Persian Piano Music:
Persian piano music refers to piano pieces which have been composed based on Persian music. It can be also refer to pieces by Persian (Iranian) composers for the piano.
The first Piano is brought to Iran during the reign of King Nasser-al-Din Shah (1848–1896).
Persian composers have composed piano pieces in different styles. Some have been faithful to classical Persian music, and some simply use the general atmosphere of Persian folk songs and melodies in their works.