Persian music by Santoor

[Paulhoushang]

Very professional performance. Thank you very much for this wonderful work

[chico260]

better than bieber anyday!

[asiq1987]

Santur

[birdandthe]

excellent

[MettiAlavi]

Let's put aside all this nonsense, I believe every piece of music is beautiful. Everyone is proud of hi or her culture. Peace Brother peace...If you'd like to hear some nice Folklor music, listen to Lorish and Kordish songs form Iran as well..

[zooropah82]

I would like one to play in my death metal band !!. Jokes apart, amazing instrument.

[A123632]

Wonderful. is this gentleman in USA or is he in Iran?

[anubis1405]

He is in Portland according to someone I asked.

[EmmaEgypt]

Thank you for uploading,five stars!

[ShahpourSassanian]

Bravo !!

100 Afarin !!

[fiddlercrab3]

Would you be mine...

Could you be mine...

Won't you be my neighbor?

;-)

The resemblance is uncanny.

[rayoostoo]

god bless iran

[mdaneshamooz]

keyli ghashang bood.

[ritafab]

I am "western" and I love this music. But maybe it is because I am a trained musician... I dont know. ven when I was a kid I loved it. Anyway, I think it is beautiful.

[ogporage]

regardless of language or culture, it seems that one cannot deny emotions and great tunes. it is universal!

one love!

[fater19]

@ritafab: It has been a long time that i had this question to ask from a pair of western ears!!!:

the distance between two notes in persian music (like other oriental music from the region) is devided to 4 increments (bemol, diez but also crone and sorie) doesn't it sound a bit odd to your ears or can you still make sense of it or feel connected to it? I mean does it sound faulsch or not!? (excuse me for mistakes in spelling)

[msmak56]

Western people cannot like this because they have harmonic ears, not melodic. Persian music is similar to Arabic as they are both melodic. In addition, the guitar is the illegal son of oud, according to a Spanish professor.

[Takanaka001]

I dunno the persian tar might have came first, before the oud >_>, it might be the grandfather of the guitar and father of the oud?!

[Bneeknaam]

Your comments are good, however, I don't agree to the similarity point of view.

Taar is the mother of Guitar, Barbat (which is Oud) and all similalr instruments like Sitar

[ceniboy]

msmak, you are wrong! I am "western" and I love nothing but Middle Eastern music!!! Moseghi ye Irani behtarin moseghi ast!

[DRAGOVODA]

well the western musical instruments in majority are boroughed from mid-east. But they sure don't even know...they think themself the center of the world LOL.

greetz from Romania:)

[msmak56]

I totally agree with you. In fact the music professors and the founders of western music believe that the quarter-tone system doesn't sound good (ie. not harmonic). This implies that the Persian, Middle Eastern, Turkish, Kurdish etc music are all not worth listening and lack harmony |-(

[IraqiMaqam]

The santur is one of the most ancient string instruments.  Greetings from Iraq.

[filsoofimusic]

Poor tombak playing way far from santur player technically

[doom0metal0madness]

dude this was the first time i ever heard Persian music. well to be honest i didn't like it. technically speaking as i am a guitarist its impossible to play such a thing on guitar cause the spacing between the notes is not equal to the frets on the guitar. it looks like dividing a fret to two or something. can anyone tell me how can i get some info about Persian music? and one more question does Persian has the same meaning as Iranian?

[iranian2222]

Yeah I think it'd be impossible to play this on guitar, this really can only be played on santoor which is what's featured in this video. There's plenty of info on the web about iranian music/artists/etc. Iranian and persian mean different things: iranian means anyone that comes from iran which includes persians, azeris, kurds, turkomen, balochis, etc. "persian" just refers to the persian people. hope this kinda helps

[ogporage]

if its your first time, then i say give it another listen, my cousin didn't like In-N-Out the first time he came from Iran either.

[micronie]

Almost.

[VashTheWaterbender]

yeah, you'd have to do just the general melody, because otherwise it's like trying to play a piano on a guitar

[silentmei]

your right on the money when you say it is like dividing a fret in 2.

actually it sounds kinda like a 7 or maybe 9 tone scale.. which meens you would have to custom make a fret board with 9 divitions per octive instead of 12.

look up microtonal tunings and you will find ALOT of info on how this sort of scale is made up. just be warnied there is alot of math involved =)

[zahrapedram]

It was sensational!!! BREATHTAKING

[mehijoon]

Great performance by Mr. Salehi. He is so at ease while playing such technical piece. This is called "Chahar Mezrab e Zang e Shotor" composed by late Master Abolhasan e Saba and it was performed in "Golha" program by Master Faramarz e Payvar and his ensemble. Golden era of traditional Iranian music.

[padeshahiran]

they persian and santoor made in more than1000 years ago and its the best saz

we persian are the best

[intelligentjatt]

i will visit all places in iran one day. and then again... and again...

[anubis1405]

Are they in Portland? if any one know anything about them please tell me because I want to learn Santur.

[archi451]

which country you are in??

[GreekTrajedy]

They look like father and son.

[KGF208]

They are father and son

[llkdll]

not to mention they look similar

[ramramram7]

awesome

[JRDL1981]

excellent!!! the coolest non-conventional music ever heard.

Amazing.

[faerop]

Xeimerinoi Kolymvites E.Zaxos - H Mastorantza tou Erdebil a greek song about your places

I would like to visit Iran one day

Greetings from Greece

Very sorry for writing in english and not in persian

[UMBUBA]

Che museqii ghashang!

Mashallah!

[babakamini34]

amazing

[satabaki]

eyval

[ninhazaninha]

niceeeeeeee vidddd check mine out on (meetyourfling) c o m

armenaki

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[yomotoro]

don't fight...enjoy.

[PeopleRFragileThings]

Where can I learn how to play the santoor for free online? I have one but I don't know how to play it and don't know anyone who can teach me. I already know how to play the guitar, but I really want to play the santoor.

[micronie]

If only learning how to play an instrument could be pirated...

[shahidinia]

Awesome. I could barely hear the tonbak, though. The santoor overwhelmed the whole thing hahah. Whatever, still a wonderful piece here.

[Rohansitar]

music is universal , what to do with the origin of the instrument.this has no meaning.

just enjoy the expression of the artiste , which he is bringing out of his instrument.

This good I beleive, but is certainly different from Indian Classical genre of music.

cheers.

RD

[fahad5656]

مرررررررررررره موسقى حلوه

[colmmernagh]

Now that was cool !

[Takanaka001]

oh get the hell out of here rhulugar, Indians copied the Iranian santur so dont even act like anything we do is 2nd rate. Get your own musical instruments please

[piroozz]

Indians don't know what music is. They have to pass a music course in Iran in order to understand what music is.

[EliteXtasy]

This instrument, the santoor, is actually the Indian version of the Persian instrument "santur".

[EliteXtasy]

Whoops, my mistake - this is the Persian santur yoi probably might want to delete my last message.

[hichkashichvakht]

bahh bah=)

[salmak247]

khaste nabashied dastetan dard nakone ba in chehar mezrabe zange shotor az ostad saba

[zerosolid49]

in iran this is the most popular and orginal classic sice million of years ago just peacefull

[saeedkeb]

nice stuff

[everyonesaysimHOT]

this is beautiful

whenever i go to iran i hear this,

my cousin plays it. :)

[rhulugar]

I like the way they play and they are so well dressed! However, placing such a shallow and boxy instrument on a flat wooden surface (table) is spoiling the sound totally (how unscientific). If you want to enjoy real and divine sounds of santoor, look for Shivkumar Sharma or Rahul Sharma's albums. Check out the album "Hypnotic Santoor" or "Kashmir" on iTunes!

[TranceAddict2088]

Beautiful love santoor i have one i need to take lessons and learn

[kourosh22]

brilliant playing,rohetan shad

[sepasgozar]

perfect JUST PERFECT...

Many thanks

[TheSubstituteChoice]

Nice.

[danousch2103]

It reminds me to our music-parties where well known singers and ostads of traditional music where our guests.

My dad played vituosely the santoor and he was accompanied by them(Golpa, Shajarian,Hayedeh,R.Badii,E.Ra­am,Saam etc...)

[filsoofimusic]

santur is good but the tombak player needs to practice more in order to play with mr.salehi

[iranipoyandeh]

Beautiful.I enjoyed it a lot.

Thanks,

[Jgarmin]

Amazing. Please put more music regularly. Keep the good tradition up and rolling. Thank you for sharing with us.

Koresh.

[maestromike66]

Indeed, Hussein Salehi is among those rare hidden musical treasures living abroad and one whose style of playing can rival some of the best in Santoor history.

Daste Shoma Dard Nakoneh Ostad!

[avitto]

A true master of Santour, and the best teacher.