Santur Lesson: How to Play 'Invocation' on Santur

Learn how to play the piece" Invocation" on Santur.
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced musician, this lesson is designed to help you play a dynamic emotional piece and master the unique melodies and rhythms it entails.
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[cannon]

I never heard of or saw this instrument
You play it beautifully. It is basically an open piano.

[maiacorbin]

Thanks for this! I've loved Persian music for years and just got my first santour today =) I was sort of scratching my head wondering how to apply my rusty piano-based music background with mezrabs, and this was extremely helpful!

[SalehJadidi-kd]

Perfect or I can say( بی نظیر) in Persian ❤

[tottokoro]

Thanks for the video! 🙏🏻 It’s really hard to find santoor tutorials in english, with this clarity and which is helpfull to understand how to improvize on it. This is like a gem💎

[nicolefish]

yes!!! as a santour student this is great ! Also appreciating the english version

[haidarbadavi]

Thanks, Sina, for such good preparation, presentation, and explanation,
Also, its good in English, I have seen a lot of videos in Persian and its hard when you try to add caption or translation,
Well done
Many thanks

[harunbilge]

Thank you. I'm excited for video. I hope you have more time and gets more videos :)

[nikolaospeterson]

Very nice, only thing, how come like you not tune in the 'dasthahs as well? This is one thing I like about Persian music the dastgah notes. (I know mostly in classical music)

[henrybelliveau]

Hi Sina :)
What is the brand & model of your santoor?
Beautiful playing <3
متشکرم
-Henry

[ZubairKhan-vsfe]

Please do a full set of lessons. I have a santoor and don't even know how to tune it

[ZonePermaculture]

Afarin!! You always play so beautifully! My partner bought a santur for me and I'm trying to learn to play. Unfortunately I cannot read/write or understand Farsi and the only instruction books or videos I've found are in Farsi. Do you know of any book or video that teaches in English?

[Mattan]

Is this exact Santur with the same tuning as you use here for sale somewhere?

[martinfido]

G minor has flats not sharps - diatonic semitones not chromatic semitones :-) Is this tuned to 12-TET? I've been trying to find what pure intonation tunings are commonly used on a Santur. I found a video by Sala Muzik where it was tuned to Phrygian but I couldn't quite get all the ratios. Thanks!

[SankalpaMadhawaMusic]

What's the difference between santur and dulcimer? 🤔

[AvitheTiger]

So it sounds like you're playing the melody (composed mostly of quarter notes) on the right side along with an arpeggio of the chord (composed with sixteenth notes) on the left side
So the Ostinato would go something like "melody note"-root note-second degree-third degree?

[hossainfarnoush]

Hi, this piece sounds heavenly . Are you referring to bridged Santur as Hammered Dulcimer? The Persian Santur is an incomplete instrument and does not have all the notes what do you think ? The dulcimer has all ( chromatic) but the notes are at different positions!! Please comment .

[PouyaJackson]

GREAT VIDEO THANKS ALOT, i do have question, at the beginning of the tutorial you said that the santoor should be tuned in Gminor, is that a standard tuning of a santoor or only for playing this piece?

[fj]

Très belle musique...Pourriez-vous me dire quel est le type de santur est utilisé dans le titre DAKINI de Prem Joshua s'il vous plaît ? Merci

[LukeKwan]

I was just tasked with being in charge of finding and buying an Santur. I live in Texas. I didn’t happen to find any local, but there are 102 on eBay from $300-$3000.

Since I know nothing about them, what I’d difference between Indian and Persian santur/Santoor? Is there any place in america that I can buy them? What should one pay for them?