Dastgāh-e Homayun ( fa, دستگاه همايون; az, Hümayun) is a musical
modal system in traditional
mugham music and one of the seven
''Dastgāh''s of
Persian Music Persian music may refer to various types of the music of Persia/Iran or other Persian-speaking countries:
* Persian traditional music
* Persian ritual music
*Persian pop music
* Persian symphonic music
* Persian piano music
See also
*Music of Ira ...
(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