santur

[gyreenedoc]

ممکن است خدای خوب او را با سلامت و زندگی طولانی برای او را به ما برکت را با موسیقی خود را برکت.

[risingpower]

incredible

[miladextraonline]

santoor is one one of the best iranian instruments...i play it

[arshiaarashi]

بسيار زيباست ،! درودتان باد

[weyselsala]

santur almak isteyenler iletişime geçebilir.

who want to buy santur, can contact me

[nabinaghavi]

بسسسسسسسسسسسسیار زیبا

[gyreenedoc]

inne min'el shiir'y l'hikmeten......ve inne min'el beyan, l'sihren....

[keyvet]

one special specificity of Master Sadeghi is than unlike many other masters of santur, his left and right mallet-strokes are identically and symmetrically powerful, which denotes decades of rigorous and meticulous practice... have been listening to this for hours and still cannot get enough of it.

[kenlor71]

this is almost exactly like a Hammered Dulcimer used in Medieval UK. The tuning is different by the playing is very similar.

[gyreenedoc]

@kenlor71 yes, it is.... but these have been around for ages when the were introduced to europe... so was

what is called lute. that came from arabic al ud... which became l'ud and eventually lute..... its wonderful to

listen, not easy to play..

[SockMcCallister]

World conference jam session in the future. All instruments available. Big speechless peaceful communication between peoples. unify.

[WaffleSmoothies03]

this gave me chills every three seconds, o.o soooo amazing <33

[halocodftw]

9 people are justin beiber fans

[weyselsala]

İrandan çok kaliteli ve uygun fiyata santur getiriyorum, ilgilenenler gittigidiyora bakabilir.

[VEDANT010]

You good man !!

Where I can get this instrument ???

[halocodftw]

@VEDANT010 Iran, lol

[Buckwheatjay]

the father of piano!

[rthing]

Wow im 22 and i aint into no hip pop or rap , this is for me. man your amazing best music in my ears.

[alpes222]

allaho abha. mr sadeghi has been and will remain, in my view, one of the the best santour players ever.

[persia1001]

Simply AMAZING!! so great that words can not describe it... Thank you for the video :)

[staam1]

בוקרטוב

[gyreenedoc]

@staam1 בוקר טוב

[iftachsh]

@gyreenedoc בוקר טוב נשמה

[gyreenedoc]

@iftachsh כן, גם הערב הנשמה ......

[iftachsh]

בוקר טוב נשמה 

[staam1]

le la a le la a le CHODE

[kamikazeshinigami]

I want to play that!

[Seldomane]

I recently got a Roland synthesizer keyboard that has roughly 4-6 versions of santurs, and even though it performs incredibly real sounds with most instruments, none sound quite this beautiful. Truly an underestimated instrument in modern music imo.

[Figlitiblitification]

I want one of those

[Figlitiblitification]

Beautiful music!

[Balisong72]

Divine.

[gyreenedoc]

یک موسیقی دان با ارزش بیش از بیست و پیر مرد با عمامه سیاه و سفید

[ontariobuds]

this type of music is the type you bust out the opium pipe for.

[IraqiMaqam]

The Iraqi santur is a bit different from the Persian santur, but they are of the same family of instruments and share a common origin diverging only a few hundred years ago. The Iraqi santur has 3 bridges, a thick soundbox, 23 or 24 courses of strings, and can play chromatic notes. The Persian santur has 2 bridges and 18 courses of strings. The oldest depiction of a dulcimer was found in southern Iraq and according to oral tradition it was further developed during the Sassanid and Abbasid eras.

[oraqus0i]

@IraqiMaqam

Good info. Thanks

[rimfrost1453]

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[DurzaGaiden]

This is really beautiful!

[playmobilia]

Oh. my. goodness. Amazing!

[luchoxluchoxluchox]

wow... incredible

[navids20]

I want to learn how to play this one day.

[iloveyewso]

This instrument is even more alluring than the piano and violin combined!! ^___^

(Salaam, Asian viewer here/)

[cmcda]

perfection i've never heard before..

[salan1984]

wow

[donnamariealba]

Beautiful!

[OvertardSupreme420]

wow your good, and I can see you've got an al'ud / oud in the back

[CrazySean]

I think I just discovered my new favorite instrument.

[userazz]

One of the greatest santur players in the world. This artist really understands the needs of his instrument. Manouch,,,YOU are big

[vakibs2]

The instrument and the style of playing is slightly different from the Indian santoor, but I should say this rendition is marvelous

[Nirghall]

I'm speechless..

[absjaris]

In China it is known as Yang Chin

[OvertardSupreme420]

@absjaris It's basically called a hammered dulcimer by default, it's called a Santur in Arabia and a Yang'Chin in China

[absjaris]

I thought Santoor is a persian word? It never is Arabic, is it?

[OvertardSupreme420]

well when I think of Arabia, I think of the whole middle east, including Persia/Iran. but yes, Santur is a persian word. And the "Santoor" you just said is another hammered dulcimer that originates from India.

[PickledPlum11]

@OvertardSupreme420 Any Persian will tell you that Persians are a completely different race from Arabs...

[absjaris]

@PickledPlum11

Indeed. Different by language, culture, customs, traditional dress and biological traits features.

[abbasika]

doerud bar osad manoochehr sadeghi

[denizlerehasret]

The Oriental precursor of piano.

Beautiful!

[DrPatChappy]

The santur requires incredible accuracy by the look of it. Awesom

[baturo]

Asia music and tools are so unique... Wonderful.

[Kra7as]

This musical instrument is Persian/Iraqi. It's basically middle eastern so you can't really say Asia because when you say so people will immediately think of something like Japan or China.

Nevertheless, I love this instrument. It sounds so charming and catchy that I can't stop listening to it. I wonder why it isn't so popular worldwide. I think it deserves better reputation than the Cello and Shamisen.

[lakshwadeep]

@Kra7as

If you think about it, the piano ultimately was developed from the hammered dulcimer, which included the santur, and it is popular across the glob.

[erynhawke]

@Kra7as better reputation? why so? in my humble opinion, all instruments have equal "ranking" and status! why should one have better reputation than another. btw, this instrument is more persian-iranian than iraqi..

[smasoumi3]

@Kra7as thats because they use the piano in west which is based on santoor. It's 100% persian instrument that was imported to arab countries and turkey after islam.

[terminatormunky]

@Kra7as I agree. ANd I am a cellist, so that means quite a bit coming from me.

[gyreenedoc]

@Kra7as its also the grandfather of piano

[tiromtirom]

@Kra7as PERSIAN OR IRANNNNNNNNNNI

[221Dw]

@Kra7as I usuaully think every instrument has its charm, saying that though there arnt that many instruments similar to dulcimers unlike cello, though a harp comes close.

[StrugatskyBrothers]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. I'm so glad I found this again. I used to watch it all the time.

[sizofrenimelih]

oooh bee :)

[LadySamusAran]

I couldn't stop saying "Whoa!!" The entire piece. He's amazing!

[googooly1]

1:01 hala pasho beraghs lol

[atlantisindividual]

beautiful...

[markiscoolio1]

yes i do

[PaymanAslani]

sepas

kheyli ziba bood.

[VideoElite2000]

Greatest santur solo!

[samaxmetal]

This Guy is God!!!

[bennyiran]

I ♥ Santur

[Jayahind]

Same here! It's my favourite instrument, with the harspichord, oud, duduk, flute, biniou and takfa coming up next! :D

This is absolutely lovely! Great job to the player!

[josephferrerosa34]

excellent dulcimer player. It's also used in modern North Korean and Chinese traditional music where in China it's called Yangqin and in N.K. I'm not sure how to spell it. But this one is smaller than the one's we use. Very good player and precision is one of the hardest things to do on this instrument.

[teoakinyel]

wonderful music.

who is this guy.

[robertolalo]

I knew when he lived in Chile.

I remember for ever

Wonderful, the most beatiful sounds.

[IRANANIMA]

alta schwede ey wie ungebildet bist du den d a oben steht doch isfahan ...alles iranisch

[diruranu]

Ey man du bist so bescheuert, es lohnt sich gar nicht sich mit dir anzulegen. Man ich bin auch nur ein Mensch, ich kann nicht alles wissen! Denk mal ein bisschen nach,bevor du was dummes und unangebrachtes von dir gibst! PIC!

[IRANANIMA]

shud up its PERSIAN

persischhh

[IRANANIMA]

sei ma still

wen du nicht lesen kannst istd a s nicht mein prob

yaa du bist auch ein mensch aba ein dummer mit bisschen kultur kan man sich doch auskennen-.-

[diruranu]

Is that also indian music or is the instrument only indish?

[ebrugr]

Bravo!!

[IraqiMaqam]

Amazing performance on an amazing ancient instrument.  Best regards from Iraq.

[timeisticking1360]

WOW!!!! I'm speechless!!!

[62erPrecision]

amazing work...

[masterofglosters]

Mükemmel perfecct!çok mükemmel bir enstruman bizi aldı tarihin bir yerine götürdü Pers İmparatorluğunda.Magnific!!bu enstrumanı çalmak çoook zor olsa gerek !!!!Ruhuma işledi tam anlamıyla bu dinleti!

[igcem]

pek fazla insanın bilmedigi heleki genclerin duymadiği bir servet tir santur hayatı ne tonda yaşarsan yaşa santurun duragında 1 muhlet beklemen gerekir nacizhane bence....ellrine sağlık üstad mükemmel kelimesi ellerindeki marifeti göremeden gelmiş bu yüzden kifayetsiz saygılar...

toprak özkan

[cheng1LA]

The sound of this music has the same dramatism as that of Bach's Toccata.

[oakpianist]

Mmmm...Makes me want some bbq pork.

[markofthebeastxx]

what an amazing lack of respect you have. People with blank ninja profiles like yours should not be allowed to comment on videos.

[oakpianist]

Grow a sense of humor.

[immortalmuffinz]

this is isfihani, he is one of the BEST music professors of Iran. no shit he is good.

[liamhedonic]

Awesome, beautiful tone

[immortalmuffinz]

salam bacheh hah!

the english name for this instrument is a hammered dulcimer

[echosofsilentcries]

in English this name is ' dulcimer '

[doblo09]

inbleavble..magnificent..

[foby005]

This dude is kickass.

[atraila]

aahh shit!!:D lol

sorry man!!:D

feel free to call it whatever you like!! all belongs to you from now on!!:D

[NimaSun]

Would I be correct in saying that the English translation of the Dastur would be Scales?

[NimaSun]

or perhaps Chord?

[atraila]

i don't think there's any english translation for it.. as it is originally persian..

i, on behalf of all iranians, appriciate if you please use the word "santour" for it.. :)

cheers

[NimaSun]

Oh sorry Billy, I meant to say "Dastgah".

[atraila]

u'r fine!!

i'm still on the word "santour"!! ;):P

[NimaSun]

Ok you seem to be confused. Dastgah is the name of the chords played on the Santur.

I wasn't implying that the Santur is called Dastgah or Dastur. Thats an ignorant assumption made on your part. ;)

[dames48]

Mode would be the translation.

[MZLTMBCJMN]

@NimaSun You mean Dastgah?

[atraila]

OMG thumbs up!!! :)

[rezamoarref]

That is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen played on an instrument - Wow!

[jaXX93]

ghanshange^^

[SolutionSaid]

charmezrab is made by Payvar you cheap shit

[ESMALLPANJOOL]

afarin bar shoma. az har dino aiin ke hastid, az har groohe siasi wa hezbo maram. Ma hame irani hastim!!! many thanks for uploading.

shoma shad bashido IRAN sar boland

[Bulutyucel]

idolümsün:)

[yakaza25]

benim de idolüm)

[imadooo74]

Great

[santourzone]

God. now I know where alan kushan is coming from.

He must be the student of this master.

I love the sound of Santoor.

T.

[jnjasminen]

Mmmm. This is lovely.

-JN.

[elephantsrock4333]

I love the santur...it's so pretty!

[JRDL1981]

beautiful sound...this music transported me to the Scherazade's times.

[keashur]

satoor was brought to Kashmir also before hundreds of years when islam sped there..We have Tonbuk and santoor there,,,

The best

[kolovee]

ates!

[Rivera1012003]

a master

[kolovee]

dust daram cand sal dar Isfahan zendegi konam

[uuic12]

maestro!

[Arian300000]

o shit

[zewuchto]

AMAZING GUY

[azim606160000]

soooooo beautiful

[arifkhan100]

Beautiful music! Touches the heart.

[ploukkk]

hello what is the tunning please for this piece ?

[kuwait3535]

this guy is the best santoor player

[Takanaka001]

Student of Ostad Saba and friend of Faramarz Payvar, this guy is amazing.

[njmjpena]

HAHA WOW AMAZING. does anybody know where i can get a santur in US?

[nimrooo]

ebay.I'm also thinking of getting one

[dragun39]

very nice

[ahtdj]

freeman, u r so fuckin stupid, if u dont understand it at least shut up, by the way Jimi is dead remember he OD! this guy is alive. u dumb shit.

[FREEMANONTHELAND]

Jimi move over this boy can rock the house

[hn1965]

very good

[baha7persia]

AMAZING : )

[philomelodia]

Beautiful music! I must get some. What are the premier artists for this instrument. I love the mode it's in. Sends shivers down the spine. Any info would be welcome.

[lebasilah]

It's too bad that the Chinese had to steal the santur, rename it the "yangqin", then make it sound like sh-t. :) Iranians are much better!

[Gewaldro]

They didn't "steel" it. They invited musicians from Persia via the Silk Road to let you great Persians teach them your music. :) They gave you silk and you gave other cultural goods to them.

[d5h]

idiot!

[shawnk50]

very nice...affarin...

[Alyazoo]

Yep This is the sound of a traditional santur

[hn1965]

excellent

[nakedsalsa]

I love this music and would love to have a CD. Where can I get it? I purchased it from the website but have been waiting for more than six months! In spite of the extreme delay, I would still like to have a copy of this CD. Anyone have a copy? Since I already paid for it I guess a torrent file would suffice. Cheers^^

[austpers]

Listening to Santur, sipping Golestan tea and being lost in Yazd! PARADISE IRAN!

[gothiquemusic]

This is amazing!

[delikrant]

*P*E*R*F*E*C*T*

[ymdddd]

perfect ,it cant be better than this ...it make you fly...

[Behdid]

Shahhhhhhhhhhkar, wonderfull

[delbarakfarhangdoost]

kheyli zibaa aafarin mamnoon!!

[o0mofo0o]

this mofo is crazy, my dads persian and he bought me one of these, but i never used it until recently.

[a9oble]

Been a fan of the English Hammered Dulcimer for a long while - just discovered the Santur. This is terrific!

[seeksake06]

Thank you all for your responses.

[seeksake06]

How many strings does a santur have?

[kasraaa]

72 strings

[ammaryasin]

72 tel var ama dörderli gruplar halinde...

yani toplam 18 nota oluyor. 4 tel bir ses veriyor. ingilizceye çevirebilir misin? :)

[suspusmus]

ammaryasin says "there are 4 groups which have 72 strings in total. It means santur have 18 notas and 4 strings give one voice."

[acharad]

So, It has one and a half (1½) octaves of interval. So that this instrument remains as a backing. Right ?

[restinwinds]

ammaryasin says actually:

it has 72 strings that are divided into 4 group which means there are 18 notes with each of them sounded by a 4-string group.

[yyasins]

spectacular!

[iqazii]

makawa zalima

[adam157]

VERY VERY GOOD WELL DONE USTAD!!!

[lovevegeesdonteathem]

breathtaking

[dezhfar]

this piece is from heavens ..... long live IRAN and Iranians

[vanastensucks]

i wanna suck off peter kalivas

[foreverlaughin]

absolutely moving