Meaning of dastgah | Babel Free

Definitions

One of the basic melody types in traditional Persian music, each consisting of seven base notes and seven further variable notes used for ornamentation and modulation.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Amir ElSaffar, an Iraqi-American trumpeter, collaborates here with Hafez Modirzadeh, an Iranian-American saxophonist, playing an improvised music that incorporates traditional elements of Iraqi maqam and Persian dastgah.”

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