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the music was the highest art life form and absolutely perfect from the beginning till the end.

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The Art of Improvisation in Persian Music

At the moment of creation, the musician faithful to the art of improvisation choses a certain path by selecting various intervals in harmony with his mood. Until the sounding of the first note on stage, this path is a great secret to the conscious mind of the improviser and what is desired during the concert is only known to the unconscious. In Eastern mysticism, the unconscious is also called “the clear heart.”

The more meaningful, clear and active the subconscious is, the more attractive and beautiful the spiritual mood of the creation becomes. During the performance, one can choose from many different paths which have been learned by the conscious mind. Through years of practice and repetition, the musician is usually comfortable with such paths; however, all the selections are made without any awareness and this fact makes every performance different. When, during the performance, one becomes too restricted according to the paths learned from the old masters, one has to create a new way while keeping mind the various rules of improvisation. Love and loyalty to the ideal of improvisation and secrets of creation are ones principle and one maintains respect for this creation by being modest toward it; hence, this art in the West called, “inspirational.” All one has to do is let one’s feelings flow freely in the currents of truth, the search rays of God. Love of God, which is one’s absolute love, has been and will be the most complete path to creation.

-Ostad Mohammad-Reza Lotfi

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