Hafez Nazeri unveils new Setar

Sunday May 03, 2009

Iranian musician Hafez Nazeri has unveiled his new Persian string instrument which is believed to be a developed form of the Setar. “The new Setar is easier to tune, and has a larger body and two more strings that give it additional sound volume,” Nazeri told a press conference in Tehran. “I did not want to create a thoroughly new instrument, because I believe Persian music only needs to be developed and all we have to do is to perfect our traditional instruments,” he added.
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“During the time I was in the United States giving solo performances with the setar, I discovered that this instrument needed changes in its pitch and bass range. “I felt the necessity for changes due to imnovations that have occurred in playing techniques over the years. It was in 2002 I developed two modified designs for setar and patented them in the U.S,” he said…“I am not a musical instrument maker but rather,I am a musician who is interested in the beauty of the music. When I drew up the design, I showed it to the brothers Majid and Saeid Safari who built over 15 instruments and we finally settled on this design,” he explained.
Shahram Nazeri was next to talk and said, “Despite some who disagree with any change in traditional music, I agree with new experiments. Perhaps others feel that traditional music is a divine entity bestowed upon us and hence, there should be no changes made to it. I respect their ideas, but there are other dynamic individuals who want to experience new ideas, using their creativity.
Tehran Times [read more]

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