Iranian musical instruments

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

Iranian musical instruments can be broadly classified into three categories, namely classical, Western and folk. Most of Iranian musical instruments spread in the former Persian Empires states all over the Middle East ,Caucasus, Central Asia and Southern Asia. In ancient era Silk road had an effective role in this distribution.

v • d • e
Iranian musical instruments

Iran Flag

String instruments

Woodwind instruments:

  • Exposed: Mizmar • Karnay
  • End-blown: Ney • Sheipur

Percussion instruments:

[edit] Others

The electronic keyboard is a popular western instrument.

There are numerous native musical instruments used in folk music.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Traditional Musical instruments of Asia
 This Iran-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Cambodia | China | India | Indonesia | Iran | Japan | Korea | Laos | Malaysia | Mongolia | Myanmar | Pakistan | Thailand | Turkey | Tuva | Vietnam
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../i/r/a/Iranian_musical_instruments.html"