Tanbur Lessons with Master Mansourian – Lesson 52: Kurdish Song (Tasnif) Shaw-e Hejran

Lesson 52 of the Mastoor school’s tanbur course, taught by Mozaffar Mansourian.

Learning the Kurdish song (tasnif) Shaw-e Hejran (“Night of Separation”).

For intermediate players and above.

Introduction: a seven-beat piece.

The song is then taught couplet by couplet (couplets 1 to 4); the fourth and final couplet is again in seven beats. The sung text (in Kurdish) is given in the Persian version of this page.