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38No. 292 | May 2025Meanwhile, santur is a unique instrument that is not included in the above categories and should be considered a plucked string instrument.Components of Iranian Music%u2022 Dastgah: A type of melody that the musician can use as a basis for improvisation. Each dastgah consists of several gushehs, each of which is quite unique. There are seven instruments in Iranian music: Shur, Segah, Chahargah, Rast-panjgah, Homayun, Mahur, and Nava.%u2022 Avaz or vocal music: This part of Iranian music is non-metric and without form and type, and is defined in and referred to as a sub-group of one of the dastgahs. For example, the dashti avaz belongs to the shur dastgah. There are five types of avaz in Iranian music, namely, Abu Ata, Bayat-e Turk or Bayat-e Zand, Afshari, Dashti (all four fall under the Shaur dastgah), and Bayat-e Esfahan (under Homayun dastgah).Renowned Figures of Iranian Music%u2022 Gholamhossein Darvishkhan, a master musician of setar and tar and a pioneer of the art of composition. Darvishkhan has provided special services in promoting Iranian music among people.%u2022 Alinaqi Vaziri: He was proficient in playing string instruments and created a stream of modernism in Iranian music. The establishment of the high school of music and the management of Iranian music affairs are among his services.%u2022 Seyyed Jalal Taj Esfahani: the famous singer of the Esfahan School of Music.%u2022 Habib Samai: the greatest santur player in the contemporary era.%u2022 Abolhassan Saba: Darvish Khan%u2019s student in playing setar and an outstanding contemporary musician.%u2022 Ruhollah Khaleghi: Composer, musician, and music conductor who played the violin well. He also has some writings in the field of music.%u2022 Hossein Tehrani: A master tombak player who held the first tombak concert in Iran.%u2022 Gholamhossein Banan: Singing teacher and one of the most popular singers of Iranian music. He studied music under Ruhollah Khaleghi and Alinaghi Vaziri.%u2022 Javad Maroufi: The first piano player who tuned this Western instrument to play Iranian songs. He was a student of Alinaghi Vaziri.%u2022 Mohammadreza Shajarian: Renowned Iranian singer and winner of the Picasso Prize, who created eternal works in Iranian music and had been nominated for a Grammy Award.%u2022 Shahram Nazeri: The winner of many awards in the field of music, who also received the Legion of Honor for his artistic works.