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Choban Bayati

Malik Mansurov and Mahmud Salah
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Choban Bayati
This brief excerpt from a longer recording illustrates the musical genre called pishro - an improvisation on a rhythmic theme, in this case the melodic mode (mugham) choban bayati. Choban means shepherd, and imputes a popular origin to the mode. (During, Levin 2001)