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TAR. 1. The tau t string musical instrument. It has spread in Iran, Middle
Asia, Dagestan and in other neighboring countries. But Azerbaijan
ta r differs from Iranian ta r according to its structure, construction.
D uring the second part o f the 19th century the famous representative
o f A zerb aijan m usic a r t M irze Sadig A sad oglu changed th e
construction of m usical instrum ent ta r on the base of scientific-
acoustic principles. H e increased the number of strings in order to
strength the voice of tar; tied the extra curtain (called zabol) in the
top part o f the hand, he helped to use ta r mastery techniques; 2.
Drum ; 3. String.
TARZAN. The performer o f the instrum ent tar; a professional musician
performing as a soloist or an accompanier.
TABIL. A percussion musical instrument.
TAKHNIS. Very high-pitched tone.
TAGSIM . 1. The free im provisation on the main base; 2. Mugham or
mugham p art in Turkish music.
TERANE. Melody, song, tune.
TARKIB. The second part in the m ugham “Shushtar”, the p art between
“Shushtar” and “Uzzal” in the dastgah “H um ayun” .
TASNIF. The little song with accurate and constant sizes performed
between the parts of dastgah.
TUTEK. The wind instrum ent prepared from the wood.
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UD. The ancient stringed instrument performed with the m ediator by
N ear E ast nations. It has spread in A rab countries, Turkey and
Iran. During the centuries the instrument ud has been amended and
its construction has been changed. The modern instrument ud is a
m usical instrum ent with six strings. Five o f them are connected
double, but the sixth is connected alone. The arrangement and order
of the strings are very strange: the melodic strings are in the middle,
but the bass strings are connected from sides.
UN. Voice, sound, vocal voice.
U ST M IZRAB. In the practice of tar mastery the method of touching
the m ediator on the strings each time only from top to bottom.
USH SH AG . The l sl of the main 12 mughams of classical music o f Near
East nations; 2. One of the sections perform ed in the base o f the
dastgah “R ast” .
U ZZA L. The high-pitched tone part situated at the end o f m ugham
after “K haveran” p art in the dastgah “Bayati-Shiraz” .
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VAMIG. The ancient percussion mugham.
VILAYETI. One of the central parts performed in the dastgahs “R ast”
and M ahur .
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YEDI-HASAR. The section situated between “A rag” and “Ashig-gush”
in the dastgah “Zabul Segah”.
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Y ETİM SEG A H The m ugham perform ed in sad m ood on the base
ivhary Segah .
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ZABUL. 1. In A zerbaijan classical music: The p a rt situated between
“S egah” and “Y ed i-H asar” in the dastgah “C h a h a rg a h ” ; 2. In
Iranian music: a) The part situated between “Uzzal” and “Bayati-
A jam ” in the dastgah “H um ayun”; b) The p art situated between
“B adr” and “M ayeyi-Sagir” in the dastgah “C hahargah” .
ZABUL SEGAH. The dastgah (system) connecting the following parts:
“ M a y e y i-z a b u l” , “ M u y e” , “M a n e n d i m u k h a lif” , “ S e g a h ” ,
“ M a k h lu g ” , “ S h ik este y i-fars” , “M u re b b ig e ” , “A ra g ” , “Y edi-
H asar” , “A shig-G ush” .
ZAM IN-KHARA. (The literal meaning of the word is “rocky place”)
1. In A z e rb a ija n classical m usic: th e p a rt situ a te d betw een
“M ansuriyye” and “R ak-H isar” in the dastgah “R ast”; the part
situated between “Bayati-G ajar” and “M averannahr” in the dastgah
“ R a s t” ; th e p a r t s itu a te d betw een “ M a n s u riy y e ” an d
“M averannahr” in the dastgah “C hahargah”; 2. The part performed
after “Samayi-Shams” in the mugham “Shur”. This mugham has a
very plaintive, languishous and effective intonation. That is why in
religious rituals the elegies are composed on the base of “Zamin-
K h a ra ” .
ZAM R. A wind musical instrument.
ZANGI-SHUTUR. (The literal meaning o f the word is “tinkling”)
1. The part situated between “R ak” and “A rag” at the end o f the
d astg ah “D u g ah ” ; 2. Before this p a r t was p erform ed betw een
“A shiran” and “K ark u k i” in the dastgahs “R a st” , “C h ah arg ah ”
and “N eva” .
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