Vocals: Ramezan Ali Baruzeh & Nariman Fazeli
Sorna: Ali Akbar Mehdipour
Dohol & Daf: Ali Heydari
Bakhtiari music constitutes one of the most extended systems of maqams in Iran. Maqam, here, signifies the relation of each tune with a subject, an occasion or the reason of its making and also denotes a particular ceremony or a traditional rite of the nomadic people. During recent times and due to expansion of communicative technology, the traditional tunes have become more unknown (unfamiliar) to the ears which are used to hear the other abstract and sometimes eclectic types of music.
Nowadays, the examples of Bakhtiari music are for the most part influenced by a major maqam and its related melodies.
Unfortunately, by the overproduction of new melodies, mythologic features of Bakhtiari music become more and more obscure. ...
Published [08/11/2000]