Dastgāh-e Homayun ( fa, دستگاه همايون; az, Hümayun) is a musical
modal system in traditional
mugham
Mugham ( az, Muğam) or Mughamat ( az, Muğamat) is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ashik.
It is a highly complex art form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation in specific ...
music and one of the seven
''Dastgāh''s of
Persian Music (Classically, Persian Music is organized into seven ''Dastgāhs'' and five ''
Āvāz''es, however from a merely technical point of view, one can consider them as an ensemble of 12 ''Dastgāh''s).
This is the seventh mode and consists of 0.5+1.5+0.5 tone, which is created in amalgamation of two tetra-chords with the fourth method. It is able to get sound line of Shushtar mode by changing the tetra-chords’ places in Humayun mode. So, these two modes’ structures are close to each other. It creates deeply mournful feelings at listener.
[Politically Correct Music]
/ref> Subgenres of Humayun are: Bardasht, Humayun, Baxtiyari, Feili, Boyuk Masnavi, Movlavi, Shushtar, Tarkib, Uzzal or Bidad, Kichik Masnavi.
References
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Azerbaijani music
Modes (music)
Mugham modes