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 education in Sunderland
Sunderland is another city in the UK that has something to say about music. Sunderland musicians who have achieved international fame include Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics group and all four members of Kenickie, whose singer Lauren Lauren later became a television presenter. Other great musicians of this city are Forder Head, Field Music, Pete Gofton, Leder Face, and ... In 2005, Sunderland hosted a BBC Radio 1 concert at Harrington Country Park with 30,000 spectators. Sunderland Stadium of light, home to the AFC Sunderland, is internationally recognized as a concert venue. The city also hosts the annual Split Music Festival, which was first celebrated in October 2009.