ShahrAshub Mahour / Santur & Arrangement: Pejman Azarmina

[koby24]

do you kno what song it was ke mige ( ??) naboodam (???) kardii, az shahre khodam, biroonam kardii

[pejmool]

@koby24 I have no idea at all.

[pejmool]

1. bracket means it's optional.

2. Dkoron is about 40% lower than D in a chromatic tuner.

[NimaSun]

Great vid by the way..

[NimaSun]

Question: Does every 4 string of 1 note have to be tuned to the same pitch?

Also where can i find a list of the santur semitones?

[pejmool]

Yes to the first question.

Semi and quartertones that we normally use in santur: E flat, E semi-flat; F sharp; A flat, A semi-flat; B flat, B semi-flat; D flat, D semi-flat; E flat, E semi-flat. [semi-flat=koron, semi-sharp=sori].

[NimaSun]

Wonderful.. will I be able to tune my santur with a chromatic tuner?

[pejmool]

Yes, if you have done that at least once under supervision before.

[NimaSun]

A bit confused here.. does Persian music not have any C, F or G notes?

I tuned my santur according to the notes offered and it sounds "off".

[pejmool]

It does. They are just used in their neutral forms. The charts at the end of most santur books help you tune your santur correctly.

[NimaSun]

I see, thanks!

I hadn't noticed the tuning staff before. Had a look and re-tuned my santur accordingly.

However, I've got 2 more (hopefully) final questions;

1) On the 7th note (F) on the "bam" side, the "koron" is in brackets, what does that mean? A quarter note maybe?

2) As I understand it, a "koron" is "half minor". Now how would that look on a chromatic tuner? Is it "minor+" or "minor-"?

I appreciate the feedback and major apologies for the questions...

[farshadiran]

man asheghe Mahour hastam, too sedash gham dare makhsoosan age adam dar amad ya avaz bezane,

great job,

thanks for sharing