Online Persian Dotar Course in new-york

 

Dotar Structure

As mentioned above, the dotar instrument is a wound string instrument and consists of three main parts: the handle, the strings, and the resonant bowl. The resonant bowl is pear-shaped. The body is made of a combination of lime, apricot, or walnut wood. The threads are made of silk. The length of the handle is about 60 cm. They do not use Mezrab to play the dotar and it is played with nails. In some parts of the country including northern Khorasan cities such as Quchan, Bojnourd, Shirvan, Esfarayen, Farouj, Dargaz, Ashkhaneh, southern and eastern cities of Khorasan such as Torbat Jam, Taybad, Torbat Heydariyeh, Neishabour, Ferdows, Birjand, Bajestan, Bardaskan, Ghaenat, Kashmar, Bakhrez, Khaf, Sarakhs, Gonabad and Sabzevar and the Turkmen cities of Golestan province and Aliabad Katoul and cities of Mazandaran province, Dotar has more fans and is used in the local music of these areas. Among the most famous Iranian dotar players, we can mention Seyyed Jalaluddin Ashtiani, Ahmad Gholi Ahmadi, Ismail Sattarzadeh, Mohammad Ismailzadeh, Ashour Goldi Barzin, Ali Asghar Bayani, Zolfaghar Bitaneh, Gholam Ali Pourataei, Tahmours Pournazeri and ...

Music in New York

New York music is a diverse and important field in the world of music. The city has long been a thriving home for popular genres such as jazz, rock, soul, R&B, funk, disco, and urban blues, as well as classical and artistic music. It is the birthplace of hip hop, garage house, bogalo, doo woop, beep, punk rock, and new wave. It is also the birthplace of salsa music, a fusion of Cuban and Puerto Rican influences from New York's Latin neighborhoods in the 1960s. With the advent of popular notes in the early twentieth century, New York Broadway Musical Theater, and New York Tin Pan Alley composition, formed an important part of the American music industry. New York's most famous musicians include Jay-Z, Billy Joel, John Williams, Carol King, Neil Diamond, Lou Reed, Stephen Sundheim... Hall, Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and more. The Governors Ball Music Festival, the Panorama Music Festival, the Meadows Music and Art Festival, the Summer Stage, the North Side Festival, the Blue Note Jazz Festival, etc. are just a few of the most important music events in the city.