Bayat-e Esfahan (Persian: بیات اصفهان) is one of melodic pieces of Iranian traditional music, known as a branch of Dastgah-e Shur or Dastgah-e Homayun. Some musical theorists consider the Bayat-e Esfahan an independent dastgah within the Persian radif system.[1]

Features

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Ruhollah Khaleqi has noted that this mode conveys the emotional capacity of both happiness and sadness.[2]

Branches

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Bayat-e Esfahan has a number of branches or gushehs, including:

  • Daramad-e avvval (first preface)
  • Daramad-e dovvom (second preface)
  • Jame daran
  • Bayat-e Raje
  • Oshagh (owj)
  • Bayat-e Shiraz
  • Suz va Godaz
  • Naghme
  • Masnavi
  • Sufi name (or Saki name)

References

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  1. ^ "BAYĀT-E EṢFAHĀN". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
  2. ^ الله،, خالقى، روح (2011). A look at Iranian Music. p. 181. ISBN 9789649682600. OCLC 956997616.