My own Persian MIDI creations

Tuning software

I wrote a program to retune a MIDI file into whatever tuning you specify.

Description

Windows 95 executable

Two examples which I got from here and retuned:

Ay Iran

Mobarak Bod

MIDI files from the vocal radif by Karimi.

Daramad shur

Daramad esfahan with equal temperament. Included for comparison. Scale: DEbF#GABbC.

Daramad esfahan with modern tuning. The note below the finalis is unaltered. Scale: DEpF#GABbC. Ep = Eb + 40 cent.

Daramad esfahan with old tuning. The note below the finalis is flat by 2/3 of a semitone. This tuning is claimed to be authentic in the book by Ella Zonis on Persian music. This makes the scale identical to mokhalef segah. Scale: DEpF>GABbC. F> = F + 40 cent.

Daramad esfahan with Farhats tuning. The note below the finalis is flat by 1/3 of a semitone. This tuning is given in the book by Farhat on Persian music. Scale: DEpF~GABbC. F~ = F# - 40 cent.

Daramad esfahan with my own tuning. The note below the finalis is flat by 1/5 of a semitone. This tuning sounds most like recordings I have heard. Scale: DEpF~GABbC. F~ = F# - 20 cent.

Rengue Homayoun by Mussavi.

With percussion

Melody only

hits since 9 April 1997