Online Persian Dotar Course in frankfurt

 

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 Frankfurt

The city of Frankfurt is no less than other German cities in this field. There is one of the largest musical instrument makers' associations in the world in this city. The Frankfurter Musikpreis has been awarded since 1982 by the Musikmesse Frankfurt Foundation and the German National Association of Musical Instrument Manufacturers. The purpose of this International Music Award is to highlight "personalities from the world of music for outstanding achievements in the fields of interpretation, composition, musicology, education, and services to the production of music" (as described). This award is given annually and alternately to personalities from the world of music in the fields of popular music and classical music. Other major bands and singers in the city include ASP (Metal), Böhse Onkelz (Rock), La Bouche (Electronic Dance Music), Culture Beat, First Base, and Habakuk.