Tar Book

Persian Plucked String Instrument

Ashkan Ghafouri

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16 May 2023

Theory of music & musicology

In recent years, people have become more

interested in the diverse

musical cultures that

have come to exist in

our world. World music

festivals and concerts

have provided excellent opportunities for those

who are eager to discover and enjoy music different from that found in their native culture.

Academically, ethnomusicology has served

as one of the main tools for deeper discovery.

Ethnomusicologists investigate the different

aspects of a musical culture, and since the 20th

century, they have explored and introduced many

different musical cultures to the global community.

However, due to a variety of reasons, some countr ies and cultures have received more attention than

others. Some Western ethnomusicologists have

studied Persian music and have attempted

to introduce the Persian musical culture to

non-Iranians by publishing books and articles.

Although their efforts are admirable, there is still

a long way to go to present all the different aspects

of Persian music. This is especially true when it

comes to Persian musical instruments, and we

realize that there is not nearly enough information about them. There are few comprehensive

materials, such as books or academic articles,

about many Iranian instruments, even in Persian.

We will come back to this later in the book. In

Preface fact, the need for having a more reliable, comprehensive, and authentic source about one of the

primary Persian instruments, the tar, was one of

the main reasons for writing this book.

As a friend and co-worker of the author, I

have been involved in the process of writing,

publishing, and translating this book .

The idea of

writing a book about the tar was in the mind of the

author for a long time. As a tar player and instructor, Ashkan Ghafouri saw the need for a book that

contains basic and necessary information about

the instrument and prominent players through its

history that can be useful for tar players, tar instructors, and Persian music lovers in general. For

such a goal, a serious, determined, and disciplined

endeavor was required. Fortunately, the author

had the drive and motivation to follow his interests and accomplish his goal. In writing this book, Ashkan Ghafouri decided to invite some dedicated and well-known

experts to participate and contribute. Various parts

of the book were written with their supervision

and consultation. In some cases, a whole section

was written by one of these experts. Furthermore,

many documents, including pictures, letters, audio

record-ings, etc. had to be collected. As a result, it

took several years to finish and publish the book.

It should be mentioned that the advice and supervision of the two undisputed masters of Persian

music, Hossein Alizadeh and Houshang Zarif,

in all areas of this project were very helpful and

essential.

By: Ashkan Ghafouri
Imprint: BookBaby
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 215mm,
Weight: 403g
ISBN: 9781667896489
ISBN 10: 1667896482
Pages: 106
Publication Date: 16 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ashkan Ghafouri was born in 1967 in Tehran - Iran. He has studied past and contemporary Tar techniques/styles and Persian Radif (classical modal system) under Hooshang Zarif and later refined his techniques under M.R Lotfi. He has further studied music, harmony and composition theories under the direction of Farhad Fakhredini. He has co-authored, along with H. Zarif, a music textbook, on teaching the Persian modal system. He has also transcribed Master Morteza Neydavood's Persian Radif Version. In 2001, he founded Tarschool, a school to study Persian music in the Bay Area, CA. He has many performances in the Bay Area. In addition, he has been a member of many different orchestras and ensembles with performances in Tehran, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities. In 2019 he published this book in original language.He is doing intensive research on the life and works of the great Jewish Persian classical musician, Master Morteza Neydavood, to be published in the near future.

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Tar Book

Persian Plucked String Instrument

Ashkan Ghafouri

$69.99

Paperback

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