dastgahs
dastgahs is the plural of dastgah.
Meaning of dastgah
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
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- What is dastgahs the plural of?
- Dastgahs is the plural of dastgah.
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