Dorrab - 117 Etudes For Santour/Santoor - For Beginner to Advanced Santour Students by Sourena Sefati with CD

The book "Dorrab" (Vol. I) comprises one hundred and seventeen etudes divided into nine independent sections for the Santour. These sections include etudes covering single-hand exercises (right and left hands separately), tremolos, passages, arpeggios, double-mallet (mezrab), two-right & two-left, arpeggio-double mallet, reversed Dorrab (Dorrab-left), and counterpoint. In this manner, efforts have been made to provide suitable exercises for all technical dimensions of this instrument. All etudes are notated in the Shur scale in G, ensuring that the performer does not need to alter the instrument's tuning for different sections of the book. For performing the etudes in the book, a specific speed or tempo is not essential. It is recommended to use a metronome for each etude, allowing the performer to execute the piece with greater precision and focus while maintaining control over accuracy and speed at each stage.

• Bachelor's degree in Iranian music from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran (2000)

•   Master's degree in music performance from the University of Art, Tehran (2006)

•   Master's degree in music (Theory & Composition) from the University of New Mexico

  (UNM), USA (2022)

•   Studied contemporary Santour performance with Maestro Ardavan Kamkar (1996-2000)

•   Studied harmony, counterpoint, orchestration, and priciples of classical and contemporary

  composition with Kambiz Roshanravan, Mohsen Elhamian, Shahin Farhat, Alireza

  Mashayekhi, Patricia Repar, Peter Gilbert, and Richard Hermann.

•   Taught Persian traditional music system (radif), stage performance, and orchestration at

  the University of Art, Tehran (2006-2013)

•   Authored the book "Dorrab" (117 Etudes for Santour), published by Khonyagar

  Publications (2014)

•   Authored the book "Dorrab_Vol II" (Imitation Etudes for Santour), published by

  Khonyagar Publications (2024)

•   Contributed as a composer to numerous music albums, including Goshayesh, From

  Deceitful Ages, Arghavan, The Sound of Peace, One Sky, Fandango at the Wall, and also

  participated in over sixty Iranian and international music albums (World Music)

•   Performed at various international music festivals such as WOMAD, NCTA, Festival

  Chords Music, and Forte Music Festival.

•   Received the best composition award at the Music House Ceremony for composition in

  the album "From Deceintful Ages" (2017).

•   Awarded Best Composition in the Scott Wilkinson Composition Scholarship, USA

  (2022)

Some Audio Samples of this book:

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0256/8463/9816/files/16.mp3?v=1710453004

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