Avaz (music) explained

Avaz, or Awaz (Persian: آواز) is an unmetered vocal section of a mode in Persian music.

In the years 1965 and 1966, Mahmud Karimi (maestro of Persian vocal music) performed the whole Avazs which were recorded and transcribed by Mohammad-Taghi Massoudieh. This version was published in 1997 in Tehran.

References

• Massoudeih, M. T. (1997). Radīf-i āvāzī-i mūsīqī-i sunnatī-i Īrān. Persian Music Association, Tehran. .
• Book: Miller . Lloyd . Lloyd Miller (musician) . Music and Song in Persia: the Art of Avaz . 1999 . Curzon Press . London . 9780700706648.

External links

http://fis-iran.org/en/content/classical-persian-music-archives - Foundation of Iranian Studies Official Site