Persian dastgah

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Persian dastgah is a classical modal system of traditional Persian music that organizes melodic patterns, motifs, and improvisation into distinct, structured modes.

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Surface form Occurrences
Dastgah 1
Persian music 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of traditional Persian music
musical modal system
associatedWith classical Persian poetry
radif of Persian music
basedOn modal structures
characterizedBy microtonal intervals
non-equal temperament
codifiedIn radif of Mirza Abdollah NERFINISHED
culturallySignificantIn Iranian culture
defines characteristic intervals
characteristic melodic gestures
emotional atmosphere
tonal center
developedIn Iran NERFINISHED
Persia NERFINISHED
hasNumberOfMainModes 7
hasPart gusheh
improvisational frameworks
melodic motifs
melodic patterns
hasSubcategory avaz
includes composed pieces
improvisation
influenced Azerbaijani mugham NERFINISHED
Central Asian modal traditions
organizes improvisation
melodic patterns
motifs
performedWith daf
kamancheh
ney
santur NERFINISHED
setar
tar
tonbak NERFINISHED
relatedTo Arabic maqam system
Ottoman makam system NERFINISHED
maqam
requires memorization of gusheh
taughtThrough oral tradition
radif repertoire
timePeriodOfDevelopment 19th century
usedFor instrumental performance
taqsim-style improvisation
vocal performance
usedIn Iranian traditional music NERFINISHED
classical Persian music

Referenced by (4)

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Kerman region culturalTradition Persian dastgah
this entity surface form: Persian music
Mugham music relatedTo Persian dastgah
Shashmaqam relatedTo Persian dastgah
Persian culture traditionalMusicSystem Persian dastgah
this entity surface form: Dastgah