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The 72 Maqams of the Tanbur

This playlist brings together the 72 ritual maqams of the Yarsan, sung and played on the tanbur by Master Ali Akbar Moradi, in the order of the four-CD album Kurdistan iranien – Les maqam rituels des Yarsan (“Iranian Kurdistan – The Ritual Maqam of the Yarsan”). These maqams (melodic-modal pieces) were once heard only at the jam, the Yarsan ritual gathering; the album is their first published recording.

Each track comes with a description of that maqam’s range, tuning, sections and background. The tracks play from the album’s official release on YouTube.

Label: Inédit / Maison des Cultures du Monde, Paris, 2002 (W 260110)
Recorded by: Reza Askarzadeh
Liner notes: Ali Akbar Moradi and Pierre Bois

The Iranian edition of the same album, “Musiqi-ye Kordestan” (Music of Kurdistan, four CDs), was released by the Mahoor Institute of Culture and Arts in 1387 SH (2008): CD 1, CD 2, CD 3, CD 4 on BeepTunes.

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  1. 1
    7:26

    01 – Maqam (Tarz) Ghatar or Ghetar (“One after Another”)

    8 views · Jan 19, 2015
  2. 2
    4:46

    02 – Maqam (Tarz) Baria or Barbadi (attributed to the musician Barbad)

    3 views · Jan 19, 2015
  3. 3
    2:15

    03 – Maqam (Tarz) Tarz-e Yari or Tarz Yari (“The Yarsan Manner and Method, the Path of the Yarsan”)

    6 views · Jan 19, 2015
  4. 4
    4:53

    04 – Maqam (Tarz) Hay Lava (“Lulla, Lullaby”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  5. 5
    3:05

    05 – Maqam (Tarz) Chushun Yar or Cho Vashan Yar (“How Sweet It Is That the Friend Is Coming”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  6. 6
    2:37

    06 – Maqam (Tarz) Hagh Hagh-u Hu (“He Is Truth and Reality”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  7. 7
    2:47

    07 – Maqam (Tarz) Soltan-e Dine 1 (“The Sultan of Our Faith”)

    4 views · Jan 19, 2015
  8. 8
    3:00

    08 – Maqam (Tarz) Harva Buwa-u Harva Dabi (“So It Has Been, So It Shall Be”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  9. 9
    4:31

    09 – Maqam (Tarz) Beyan va Yari (“Hasten to Help”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  10. 10
    5:01

    10 – Maqam (Tarz) Lav Hay Lav (“Lulla, Lullaby”)

    3 views · Jan 19, 2015
  11. 11
    1:54

    11 – Maqam (Tarz) Agha Yar Davud (“Our Lord Davud”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  12. 12
    3:05

    12 – Maqam (Tarz) Hagh Davud (“Holy Davud Is the Manifestation of the Truth”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  13. 13
    1:54

    13 – Maqam (Tarz) Hana Faryadras Davud (“O Davud, Helper in Need”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  14. 14
    10:39

    14 – Maqam (Tarz) Sahari or Seheri (“At Dawn”)

    Jan 19, 2015
  15. 15
    3:22

    15 – Maqam (Tarz) Hu Hu Yar (“He Is the Friend”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  16. 16
    3:09

    16 – Maqam (Tarz) Ali Ali Hu Hu (“Ali Is the Truth”)

    3 views · Jan 19, 2015
  17. 17
    3:20

    17 – Maqam (Tarz) Hey Dus (“O Friend”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  18. 18
    3:45

    18 – Maqam (Tarz) Sheykh Amiri or Sheykh Emiri 1 (attributed to Sheykh Amir)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
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    3:24

    19 – Maqam (Tarz) Sheykh Amiri or Sheykh Emiri 2 (attributed to Sheykh Amir)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  20. 20
    4:02

    20 – Maqam (Tarz) Lami Lami (“O Absolute Light”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  21. 21
    2:59

    21 – Maqam (Tarz) Yar Davud (“Our Friend, Davud”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  22. 22
    2:11

    22 – Maqam (Tarz) Ali Ali (“Ali, Ali”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  23. 23
    3:20

    23 – Maqam (Tarz) Hey Gian Hey Gian 1 (“O Longing Souls, O Longing Souls”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  24. 24
    3:29

    24 – Maqam (Tarz) Shakhoshin or Shah Khoshini 1 (attributed to Shah Khoshin)

    Jan 19, 2015
  25. 25
    3:18

    25 – Maqam (Tarz) Hey Dayar Dayar (“O Dweller of the Cloister, O Elder”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
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    1:41

    26 – Maqam (Tarz) Imanem Yar (“Our Faith Comes from the Beloved”)

    Jan 19, 2015
  27. 27
    3:23

    27 – Maqam (Tarz) Dasi Vet Vala (“A Flower in One Hand”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  28. 28
    4:29

    28 – Maqam (Tarz) Aali Gorz Vish (“Aali Ghalandar Waved His Own Severed Head”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  29. 29
    2:45

    29 – Maqam (Tarz) Jem Nian Dusan Avyana (“In That Place Where the Companions Gathered and the Assembly Was Held”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  30. 30
    3:32

    30 – Maqam (Tarz) Sey Mohammad Barav Divani (“Seyed Mohammad Gawra-Savar Holds a Lofty Rank among the Companions”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  31. 31
    3:50

    31 – Maqam (Tarz) Tala Savaran (“He Who Rides Tala”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  32. 32
    2:40

    32 – Maqam (Tarz) Baliha (“Yes”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  33. 33
    3:54

    33 – Maqam (Tarz) Rezhyan Dalahu (“Dalahu Was Showered with Light”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  34. 34
    3:42

    34 – Maqam (Tarz) Yaran Jem Nian (“The Companions Gathered at the Jam”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  35. 35
    3:14

    35 – Maqam (Tarz) Shah Meyu (“He Comes, He Graces Us with His Presence”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  36. 36
    2:59

    36 – Maqam (Tarz) Benyamin Pira (“Benyamin Is Our Pir”)

    3 views · Jan 19, 2015
  37. 37
    2:41

    37 – Maqam (Tarz) Sa’il Ey Sa’il (“O Wayfarer on the Path of Truth”)

    Jan 19, 2015
  38. 38
    3:23

    38 – Maqam (Tarz) Tanamiri or Tene Miri (“You Are Our Emir”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  39. 39
    3:48

    39 – Maqam (Tarz) Babanausi 1 (Baba Jalili)

    4 views · Jan 19, 2015
  40. 40
    3:14

    40 – Maqam (Tarz) Babanausi 2 (Baba Jalili)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  41. 41
    3:26

    41 – Maqam (Tarz) Babanausi 3 (Baba Jalili)

    4 views · Jan 19, 2015
  42. 42
    2:31

    42 – Khas Bazhana (“Ordain It Well”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  43. 43
    3:14

    43 – Sar Kheyvi (“Red-Faced with Shame”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  44. 44
    2:47

    44 – Pishravari Pardivari (“Leader of Pardivar”)

    Jan 19, 2015
  45. 45
    2:02

    45 – Khayala Masa (“The Intoxicated Seyed Khayal”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  46. 46
    2:22

    46 – Hey Imanem Yar (“We Have Our Faith from the Friend”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  47. 47
    2:13

    47 – Ha Ha 1 (“Yes, Yes”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  48. 48
    1:28

    48 – Ha Ha 2 (“Yes, Yes”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  49. 49
    2:36

    49 – Soltan-e Dine 2 (“The Sultan of Our Faith”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  50. 50
    2:37

    50 – Khwajay Gholaman (“Lord of the Servants”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  51. 51
    2:29

    51 – Chel Tan Chelana 1 (“The Forty, All Forty of Them”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  52. 52
    2:31

    52 – Chel Tan Chelana 2 (“The Forty, All Forty of Them”)

    Jan 19, 2015
  53. 53
    4:22

    53 – Sey Khamushi (Seyed Khamushi)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  54. 54
    3:31

    54 – Davud Na Kura (“Davud in the Furnace of the Sun”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  55. 55
    3:35

    55 – Shah Khoshini 2 (attributed to Shah Khoshin)

    Jan 19, 2015
  56. 56
    3:04

    56 – Hey Gian Hey Gian 2 (“O Our Soul, O Our Soul”)

    Jan 19, 2015
  57. 57
    2:34

    57 – Haghan, Haghan (“It Is the Very Truth”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  58. 58
    7:33

    58 – Sar Tarz (“The Beginning of Tarz”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  59. 59
    2:24

    59 – Yaran va Baten (“Companions, from the Unseen World”)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  60. 60
    2:53

    60 – Abedina (attributed to Abedin Jaf)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  61. 61
    3:37

    61 – Gharibi

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  62. 62
    5:19

    62 – Do Vala (“Two Lovers”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  63. 63
    7:15

    63 – Sarukhani

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  64. 64
    6:11

    64 – Hijrani (Hejrani)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  65. 65
    3:28

    65 – Mejnuni (Majnuni)

    1 view · Jan 19, 2015
  66. 66
    3:58

    66 – Tarz-e Rusam (“Rostam’s Way”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  67. 67
    2:47

    67 – Pavamuri 1 (“Sitting by the Mur (Lament)”)

    Jan 19, 2015
  68. 68
    2:11

    68 – Pavamuri 2 (“Sitting by the Mur (Lament)”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  69. 69
    5:07

    69 – Gel va Dara (“Bringing Back”)

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015
  70. 70
    3:04

    70 – Alvan (the Alvan River)

    Jan 19, 2015
  71. 71
    3:42

    71 – Gol va Khak (“The Flower Went into the Earth”)

    Jan 19, 2015
  72. 72
    3:17

    72 – Fani Fani

    2 views · Jan 19, 2015

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