What? Iranian traditional music! About five years ago, when I was still living in the UK, a good friend of […]

Daf instrument | Persian Daf The Daf instrument is one of the ancient musical instrument in Iran and neighboring countries. It is classified as […]

About Persian Tombak instrument Tombak/Tonbak/Donbak, a percussion instrument has been an important part of traditional Iranian music for a long time.   Tombak’s sound is […]

Persian Setar | Setar instrument Setar is an instrument with a simple and humble appearance comparing to other instruments in Iranian traditional […]

About Oud instrument Oud (name is originally Arabic) finds its origins in Akkadian era. Shah Shuja was using an instrument called Gudi, probably […]

About Tanbur instrument Persian Tanbur is a string instrument in which the strings are installed on a long frame with a bowl shaped […]

Persian Ney | Ney instrument Ney is a cylinder shaped (flute-like) woodwind instrument. It can vary in diameter (1.5-3.0 cm) and […]

Persian classical music | Persian Music Afshin Ardalan. (2012, Spring).Persian Music Meets West HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE We do not know very much […]

Kamancheh instrument | Persian Kamancheh Kamancheh is another string instrument of Persian music. It has four strings. These parallel strings extend through the […]

Persian Musical Instruments On Western So many of the Persian or non-Persian musicians have tried to compose some music in the iranian traditional music modes or use some Persian […]