Tanbur Videos
Tanburban brings together performances on the tanbur, the long-necked lute at the heart of the Kurdish Yarsan tradition: ritual Yarsan maqams, albums, concerts, solo and ensemble playing, documentaries and lessons – from the narrators and masters of the past to today’s players. Browse the videos by category, or open a playlist to hear albums and courses in their original order. Many tracks come with a note on the maqam, its verses, the performers and its background.
5:0110 – Maqam (Tarz) Lav Hay Lav (“Lulla, Lullaby”)
4 views · Jan 19, 2015
2:5936 – Maqam (Tarz) Benyamin Pira (“Benyamin Is Our Pir”)
4 views · Jan 19, 2015
2:5360 – Abedina (attributed to Abedin Jaf)
2 views · Jan 19, 2015
4:2928 – Maqam (Tarz) Aali Gorz Vish (“Aali Ghalandar Waved His Own Severed Head”)
3 views · Jan 19, 2015
4:4602 – Maqam (Tarz) Baria or Barbadi (attributed to the musician Barbad)
3 views · Jan 19, 2015
2:3152 – Chel Tan Chelana 2 (“The Forty, All Forty of Them”)
1 view · Jan 19, 2015
3:1440 – Maqam (Tarz) Babanausi 2 (Baba Jalili)
2 views · Jan 19, 2015
3:0456 – Hey Gian Hey Gian 2 (“O Our Soul, O Our Soul”)
1 view · Jan 19, 2015
2:2246 – Hey Imanem Yar (“We Have Our Faith from the Friend”)
1 view · Jan 19, 2015
2:1503 – Maqam (Tarz) Tarz-e Yari or Tarz Yari (“The Yarsan Manner and Method, the Path of the Yarsan”)
7 views · Jan 19, 2015
3:2338 – Maqam (Tarz) Tanamiri or Tene Miri (“You Are Our Emir”)
2 views · Jan 19, 2015
3:1772 – Fani Fani
3 views · Jan 19, 2015
3:0916 – Maqam (Tarz) Ali Ali Hu Hu (“Ali Is the Truth”)
4 views · Jan 19, 2015
3:2865 – Mejnuni (Majnuni)
2 views · Jan 19, 2015
3:3230 – Maqam (Tarz) Sey Mohammad Barav Divani (“Seyed Mohammad Gawra-Savar Holds a Lofty Rank among the Companions”)
1 view · Jan 19, 2015
5:0769 – Gel va Dara (“Bringing Back”)
3 views · Jan 19, 2015
3:3761 – Gharibi
2 views · Jan 19, 2015
2:3706 – Maqam (Tarz) Hagh Hagh-u Hu (“He Is Truth and Reality”)
3 views · Jan 19, 2015
2:4529 – Maqam (Tarz) Jem Nian Dusan Avyana (“In That Place Where the Companions Gathered and the Assembly Was Held”)
3 views · Jan 19, 2015
2:2951 – Chel Tan Chelana 1 (“The Forty, All Forty of Them”)
2 views · Jan 19, 2015
1:4126 – Maqam (Tarz) Imanem Yar (“Our Faith Comes from the Beloved”)
1 view · Jan 19, 2015
2:4032 – Maqam (Tarz) Baliha (“Yes”)
2 views · Jan 19, 2015
2:1122 – Maqam (Tarz) Ali Ali (“Ali, Ali”)
3 views · Jan 19, 2015
7:3358 – Sar Tarz (“The Beginning of Tarz”)
2 views · Jan 19, 2015