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Daf is a percussion instrument. It is an animal skin on a hardwood ring. Daf sound is produced by fingers hit on the skin of instrument.
Daf is an Iranian percussion instrument. The core of Daf is a short cylindrical body made of wood and a side of it is covered by animal skins or plastic. The top and the bottom of the main frame clipped by an angled cut. One side of the main frame is shaved to become thinner than the other side and then the skin will be pasted with syrish on this side.
As it was written in the books or poems, in the Islamic period, it was played in feasts and celebrations or in mystical ceremonies.
In dictionaries, the meaning of Daf or Dayere is a circle with the cover of skin. In the past, Daf was made by the skin of gazelle to have more ear-catching sound.
Instructor:
- B.A. in Playing of Persian Instruments from Tehran University of Art
- Instructor at Guilan University
- Arash Saeediyan began studying music with Tombak and percussion instruments in 1998. He also learned to play Oud, Setar, Tanbour, Dotar and etc.
- He learned under the supervision of the maestros, Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Hossein Mehrani, and Mohammad Reza Ebrahimi.
- Arash Saeediyan cooperated with many different music bands such as Hamnavazan, Khamoush, Mahtabroo, and Kohan. He also performed in many Iranian and international festivals and concerts such as the joint performance of Ud with the great maestro of the contemporary world in Oud, Naseer Shamma under the supervision of Saye-e Roshan music band at the Al-anshade Music Festival in Algeria in 2015, Participation in different Fajr International Music Festival editions, and participation in Persian Classical Music Festival. He performed in various concerts and festivals.
- He collaborated with Maestro Majid Derakhshani in Khorshid music band and he also participated in the record of his albums. He also collaborated on the record of many albums as a musician or a composer such as Sahhar Khani, Norouz Saba, Badban Shekasteh, Sarkhosh, Narang and etc.
- “Sahar Khani” album won the award for the best traditional album at Iraj Bastami’s Festival in 2014.
