dastgah
dastgah noun: one of the basic melody types in traditional Persian music, each consisting of seven base notes and seven further variable notes used for ornamentation and modulation.
Noun
dastgah (countable and uncountable, plural dastgahs)
- One of the basic melody types in traditional Persian music, each consisting of seven base notes and seven further variable notes used for ornamentation and modulation.
- Amir ElSaffar, an Iraqi-American trumpeter, collaborates here with Hafez Modirzadeh, an Iranian-American saxophonist, playing an improvised music that incorporates traditional elements of Iraqi maqam and Persian dastgah.2009 June 19, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times
Forms of dastgah
| plural | dastgahs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dastgāh |
Origin of dastgah
From Persian دستگاه (dastgâh).
Questions about dastgah
- What does dastgah mean?
- Dastgah means one of the basic melody types in traditional Persian music, each consisting of seven base notes and seven further variable notes used for ornamentation and modulation.
- What part of speech is dastgah?
- Dastgah is a noun.
- What is the plural of dastgah?
- The plural of dastgah is dastgahs.
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