Humayun (mode)

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'''Dastgāh-e Homayun''' ({{langx|fa|دستگاه همايون}}; {{langx|az|Hümayun}}) is a musical modal system in traditional mugham music and one of the seven ''dastgāh''s of Persian Music (Persian classical music is organized into seven ''dastgāhs'' and five ''Āvāzes''; however, from a purely technical point of view, one can consider them as an ensemble of 12 ''dastgāh''s).

This is the seventh mode and consists of 0.5+1.5+0.5 tone, which is created in amalgamation of two tetra-chords with the fourth method. It is able to get sound line of Shushtar mode by changing the tetra-chords’ places in Humayun mode. So, these two modes’ structures are close to each other. It creates deeply mournful feelings at listener.<ref name=atmo>[http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai142_folder/142_articles/142_aida_repression_music.html Politically Correct Music]</ref> Subgenres of Humayun are: Bardasht, Humayun, Baxtiyari, Feili, Boyuk Masnavi, Movlavi, Shushtar, Tarkib, Uzzal or Bidad, Kichik Masnavi.<ref name=7fret>{{Cite web |url=http://unesco.mfa.gov.az/en/content/71 |title=Mugham |access-date=2019-07-22 |archive-date=2019-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722163317/http://unesco.mfa.gov.az/en/content/71 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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