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Armenian / Iranian music sheet

yvestra - 1-13-2022 at 10:39 PM

Hi there,

I am looking for sheet music of Armenian and iranian classic songs like Khio khio, Leylum mayro, Bobik djur me era, spitak mazer (Armenian side) or Bote chin, Kie kie dar mizaneh (Iranian side) or any other nice songs from this area. Do you where i can find this?

Thanks a lot!

OudSwede - 1-14-2022 at 03:13 AM

Hi!

I am certainly no expert in Armenian tunes, but I know that Mirhan Demirchyan has published three volumes of Armenian oud music in his Armenian School of Oud. Perhaps you can find the songs there? They are online at https://oudarmenia.tumblr.com/

Kind regards,
Viktor

dusepo - 1-14-2022 at 06:10 AM

Both rhythmitica.com and mahoor.com sell books of Iranian sheet music. I'm sure other websites do too. There was also a link to a huge amount of sheet music in PDF format from many traditions which included Iranian and Armenian stuff which someone posted here before but I can't find it now. Try a search.

hamshetsi - 1-14-2022 at 05:54 PM

For the Armenian tunes themselves (not specific to oud) perhaps search within IMSLP archives. You may find songsbooks like this one:

http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/5/55/IMSLP290582-PML...

https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/93/IMSLP220574-SIBLEY1802...

https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/4/47/IMSLP256752-PMLP414960...

But it may require knowledge of Armenian to read the text.
I am just starting with the oud, so would be interested too if something more oud specific exists.

yvestra - 1-17-2022 at 01:50 PM

Hi guys,

Thanks for your answers.

I will check all this websites. I've already been to imslp but I didn't find the songs I wanted.

Lucky me, with three liters of tea and a couple a hours, I can read Armenian, it will help me in my research!

Regards,
Yves

John Erlich - 1-19-2022 at 10:02 PM

This Armenian duduk instruction book has a lot of etudes and some songs: https://kupdf.net/download/duduk-method_59975cf3dc0d601933300d17_pdf

John Erlich - 1-19-2022 at 10:19 PM

I have another Armenian duduk book with about 40 folk song scores, but I can't find the original web page where I got it. Yves, if you are on Facebook, I am happy to find a way to share it with you. it's 23+ megs. I could probably email or definitely file-share it.

Armenian Duduk Book Cover Smaller Image.jpg - 34kB

Siamak - 3-18-2023 at 07:57 PM

Quote: Originally posted by yvestra  
Hi there,

I am looking for sheet music of Armenian and iranian classic songs like Khio khio, Leylum mayro, Bobik djur me era, spitak mazer (Armenian side) or Bote chin, Kie kie dar mizaneh (Iranian side) or any other nice songs from this area. Do you where i can find this?

Thanks a lot!

Check this website.
They have plenty of Iranian music sheets!
https://www.instrumica.com