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are three instrumental forms and one vocal form in Persian music. The instrumental
forms are pishdaramad, cheharmezrab, and reng. Pishdaramad
was invented by a great master of the tar, Darvish Khan, and was inteded
as a prelude to the daramad of a dastgah. It may be in duple,
triple, or quadruple time, and it draws its melody from some of the important
gushehs of the piece. Cheharmezrab is a solo piece,
mostly with a fast tempo, and is usually based on the melody immediately
preceding it. The third instrumental form is the reng, which is a
simple dance piece that is usually played at the conclusion of the dastgah.
The vocal form is called tasnif. It has a design similar to the pishdaramad, and is usually placed immediately before the reng. |
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