Pishdaraamad-e Segaah and Eftekhaar-e Aafaagh
Score and Parts

Pishdaraamad-e Segaah and Eftekhaar-e Aafaagh are pieces in the Segaah dastgah. Eftekhaar-e Afaagh is a piece for an Iranian instrumental ensemble that Faramarz Payvar arranged based on a tasnif composed by Aref Qazvini, and Pishdaraamad-e Segaah is Faramarz Payvar’s composition. The book of score and parts for Pishdaraamad-e Segaah and Eftekhaar-e Aafaagh has been published by the Payvar Foundation, based on Master Faramarz Payvar’s original manuscripts.

Pishdaraamad-e Segaah and Eftekhaar-e Aafaagh: Score and Parts

The Eftekhaar-e Afaagh book is published with a booklet of manuscript images, compared and annotated by “Vahid Tehrani Azad”. It consists of 120 pages in large folio size. The paper material is bulky, full color, and the first print run of 550 copies was published in winter 2021. The advantage of purchasing this book from the Payvar Foundation website is that a PDF download link to the parts is attached to your invoice. Hence, you can print the parts multiple times and use them to play in an Iranian instrument orchestra or to practice in a group with Iranian instruments.

Group Performance Scores and Parts at Payvar Ensemble

This series of books from the “Payvar Foundation” is practical for many musicians, students, and Iranian instrument players. One of the challenges faced by Iranian music is the lack and weakness of group performance resources. Throughout his artistic career, Faramarz Payvar composed and arranged for his Iranian Instruments Ensemble for over thirty years. He wrote invaluable pieces for the Iranian ensemble that would be great for analysis, group practice, understanding the history of group performance in Iran, and many other ideas and activities. Having access to his manuscripts, the Payvar Foundation has paved the way for correction, comparison, and publication. It is crucial to note that Faramarz Payvar recorded these works not as scores but as separate parts. The Payvar Foundation, while preserving the original characteristics of his registration in the books, has also published these works as scores, which is very useful for composers and leaders of Iranian ensembles. Each book initially includes necessary explanations for notation and comparison of versions, followed by the score of the work, and then the separate parts for each instrument, usually including parts for ney, kamancheh, gheychak alto, santoor, tar, robab, and oud.