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 Texas
The United States of Texas has long been the center of musical innovation in this country and the world and is the birthplace of many of the world's leading musicians. The Texans have pioneered the music of Tejano and Convento, Rock and Roll, Swing Western, Jazz, Punk Rock, Country, Hip Hop, Electronic Music, Gothic Industrial Music, Religious Music, Mariachi, Psychedelic Rock, Zidko, and Blues. Religious music has a long tradition in Texas. The East Texas Music Convention was organized in 1855 and is the oldest sacred harp convention in Texas, and the second oldest congress in the United States. The most important Texas musicians are Beyoncé, Nellie, Barry White, Stevie Ray One, Willie Nelson, Kenny Roger, Ornette Coleman, and more. Grown Hall, Blue Rock Farmhouse and Studio, Whitewater Amphitheater, Luckenbach, John T., Chitham Street Warehouse, Austin White Horse, etc. are some of the most important music halls in Texas. The Austin City Limit Music Festival, Sousse by Soussoust, Leviathan, Foke Carreville, etc. are also music festivals held in Texas.