R2-D2

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Hi! R2-D2,

    Thank you for the reference. In the Kamancheh page, there is a link called "Encyclopedia of Persian Instruments"......I browsed thru all the Persian instruments and saw an instrument called "Persian zither"...actually there is a Chinese zither, too! :O)

Yolanda

The instrument that you are referring to is called Kamancheh :)

Tajiks essentially have a Persian Culture :)

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Hi! R2-D2,

I have a backlog of blogs to stop by....I need to check your other blogs shortly.....You posted several Shajarian videos lately. I noticed that in all the videos I saw this traditional Persian instrument.....unfortunately I don't know the name, but I see the similar Chinese instrument.....in this video a Chinese lady was playing Chinese Tajik music using Erhu.....this instrument, Erhu, looks very similar to one of the Persian instruments played in Shajarian's band, 

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAwjSkjvwro

Tashkurgan (music video title) is a Tajik town in China. It was once ruled by Persians a long time ago and there is a ruined Zoroastrian temple in Tashkurgan according to Wikipedia:

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashkurgan_Town

What a small world!

Thank You Yolanda :)

I really enjoyed the beautiful playing of the Santour by the Chinese Lady :)

I know from your past comments that you are a fan of stuff Mystical, and Sufi :) The last blog that I did, on the Mastan Ensemble, focuses on that :)

Check it out to see if you like it :)

P.S. There are two (2) songs there: Tobeh ha ra beshkanid which means Break down all repentances; and, Ma ra ke be joz tobeh shekastan honari nist which means that We have no other talent but to break down all repentances !!  

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Hi! R2-D2,

I saved the video 'cause Shajarian's singing is great & the beginning instrumental part is very pretty also...they were in great harmony....it is nice to see different shapes of Persian instruments.....actually Chinese play santur also, it is pretty much the same principal of using a pair of hammers.....but the instruments have different shapes and design.....A Chinese lady was playing Chinese santur in Tehran in the video:

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlcXDivJpaM

There are way more Iranians in US than Germany....if he comes here, he will get a bigger crowd!

thanks for shaing!

Unfortunately ...

Ostaad has no plans of coming to U.S. .. If you find otherwise, please let me know :)

Can't wait to see Ostaad live again

Can't wait to see Ostaad live again...sometime very soon I hope!