Domezrab Chap (Part 2)

Alireza Javaheri
June 2007

Chaharmezrab-e Shur Habib Samayee:



This piece is a part of famous Chaharmezrabs for Santour that in Shahnaz Shur page with Parvaneh song has performed and recorded. Base of this Chaharmezrab then was the sample for many pieces and other Chaharmezrab and then completed and complicated forms where added to it. In primitive case of this base as a simple or Pamalakhi Mezrab and Teryole and then these to Domezrab Chap are used.
From this Chaharmezrab several narratives such as Abolhassan Saba , Hossien Saba, Ghobad Zafar,Mehdi Nazemi,… that you can pay attention to short parts of these two narratives.

(Habib Samayee Chaharmezrab-e Shur narrative by Abolhassan Saba)


(Habib Samayee Chaharmezrab-e Shur narrative by Hossein Saba)

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Performing of these Chaharmezrab in latter step is as following.



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Of course this piece has been performed with former adjusting by artists such as Saba, Faramarz payvar, Majid kiyani, Reza Shafiean, Mehdi Nazemi, and Ghobad Zafar… during many years.
As we said this piece has been structural type of Chaharmezrab and little by little has been more complicated.
One of these notes is Chaharmezrab -e shur from "Faramarz Payvar" in "Thirty Pieces" book which is influenced by this piece with completed from and modern structure is presented.
For observing structural characteristics of this piece at first we will evaluate two former basic steps of this Chaharmezrab.
At the most simple and primitive basic step this Chaharmezrab is as the following.






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In next step we can add Sarmezrab (one of the performing and specific techniques of Santour) to this base so the note and its performing will be as the following.



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Now we can get used of Domezrab Chap instead of one Mezrab Chap which it can be used in two ways.

1. Pamalakhi Mezrab as Teryole (Chaharmezrab is used in this way in Thirty Pieces Book)

2. Domezrab Chap in this way is return two final notes with left Mezrab performing as Selachang (thirty second note).
Now pay attention to the note and main performing of a part of Chaharmezrab-e Shur from Faramarz Payvar.


(Chaharmezrab-e Shur as Pamalakhi)



(Chaharmezrab-e Shur as Domezrab Chap)


Audio file 13 (Main performing of Chaharmezrab-e Shur by Faramarz Payvar (


Many years after making this Chaharmezrab by Faramarz Payvar another Chaharmezrab was composed by Parviz Meshkatian which was similar to this base and its structure and statement was completely influence under the effect of this work. Chaharmezrab -e Shur base from Parviz Meshkatian is can be performed in some ways which there cases of it is evaluated for performing place of Domezrab Chap.
In the first case we can perform Domezrab on the Sol at the white side which its structure is completely similar to Chaharmezrab of Thirty Pieces from Faramarz Payvar.
The note and performing of this piece this base is as the following.






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In the second case we can perform Domezrab Chap on the Sol the back of Kharak (a piece of Santour instrument).



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In the third case Domezrab Chap is changeable on Sol note and Kharak back.



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Now after these three cases pay attention to a part of note and basic performing of Chaharmezrab-e Shur composed by Parviz Meshkatian.



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We understand that these two pieces are the same in structure and performing form. So we are going to compare two statements of both Chaharmezrab, till we result that statement structure of these two works are composed depend on a Mezrabi structure.
Pay attention to this sentence and type of Mezrabs (plectrums) from Chaharmezrab-e Shur from Faramarz Payvar.



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Now pay attention to this sentence from Chaharmezrab-e Shur by Parviz Meshkatian which is composed based on the same Motif first Chaharmezrab.



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