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The vocal style of classical Iranian music is distinct from other near-eastern Islamic cultures. Vocal compositions are sung in a fixed melodic mode, but in a rhythm that is neither fixed nor free. Instead the singer follows the poetic meter, based on patterns of long and short syllables, and brings out the meter through the use of vocal ornamentation such as the tahrir, a rapid shifting between tones above and below the primary pitch. The tahrir is used several times in this excerpt.
"Avaz of Abu Ata" performed by Khatereh Parvaneh, from Classical Music of Iran, Dastgah Systems (Cat.# Smithsonian/Folkways CD SF 40039) (p)1991 Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings. All rights reserved.
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