Bayat-e Esfahan (Persian: بیات اصفهان) is one of melodic pieces of Iranian traditional music, known as a branch of Dastgah-e Shur or Dastgah-e Homayun. Some musical theorists consider the Bayat-e Esfahan an independent dastgah within the Persian radif system.[1]
Features
editRuhollah Khaleqi has noted that this mode conveys the emotional capacity of both happiness and sadness.[2]
Branches
editBayat-e Esfahan has a number of branches or gushehs, including:
- Daramad-e avvval (first preface)
- Daramad-e dovvom (second preface)
- Jame daran
- Bayat-e Raje
- Oshagh (owj)
- Bayat-e Shiraz
- Suz va Godaz
- Naghme
- Masnavi
- Sufi name (or Saki name)
References
edit- ^ "BAYĀT-E EṢFAHĀN". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
- ^ الله،, خالقى، روح (2011). A look at Iranian Music. p. 181. ISBN 9789649682600. OCLC 956997616.
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