An archive and conservatory of Persian classical music

Hear the radif. Play it with your teacher.

SHURNA is a place to hear recordings of the radif, understand how the dastgahs are built, and learn the Setar with your own teacher — with practice, homework and feedback.

Enter my class Listen to music

Start by listening

Daramad, the first gusheh of dastgah Shur

Every recording is tied to the dastgah, avaz or gusheh it belongs to, so any piece leads you to its structure.

SHURNA Conservatory · Setar

Learn the setar step by step, alongside your teacher.

The setar path starts from the very first session. Your teacher opens lessons one at a time, sets practice and reviews your work.

Lessons: Short, clear lessons, from the first session to reading notes and ear training.
Practice: A clear goal and step-by-step practice in every lesson.
Interactive notation: Scores your teacher publishes can be read and heard, and any section looped.
Virtual setar: See the setar's strings and hear the reference pitch of each open string.
Your teacher: Hand in assignments and read your teacher's notes.

Discover Persian music

From radif to gusheh

Iran's dastgah music is one connected structure. Move from each layer to the next.

Archive and scholarship

What we know, and what we don't yet

7 dastgahs5 avaz88 gushehs700 reference recordings catalogued

Every description cites the printed or scholarly source it rests on.
Sources are named by author and year; the full list closes each page.
Where something has not been recorded yet, we say so — rather than filling the gap.
A description of this gusheh has not been published yet.