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Kobe University

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Traditional Iranian music is not based on musical scores. Instead, traditional melody types are passed down orally. In his new book “Traditional Iranian music — Orality, physicality and improvisation,” Kobe University ethnomusicologist TANI Masato explores the consequences of this.

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Trans Pacific Press Co. Ltd. (2024). ISBN: 978-1920850357

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