Tar is a stringed instrument. It has made of wood, bone, lambskin, catgut (twisted intestine of cattle), and metal. It is 95 cm long.

There is no name of Tar in the far past history of music but it has become one of the main Iranian national instrument from 200 years ago.

The Iranian Tar player sits on the ground and keeps it horizontally on his thigh. In this position, the bowl is on his right side and the neck on the left side of the player. The player keeps frets with his left hand and picks with a plectrum in his right hand.

Instructor:

Milad Miri

Tar Instructor

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Education

M.A. in Music from Tehran University of Art
Milad Miri trained by Great Masters, Hossein Alizadeh, Dariush Talaii, Ehsan Emami, Behrouz Hemati, and Azad Mirzapour.
Then, he received the rank 2 in the entrance university exam and pursued academic music studies at Tehran University of Art.
He learned music science under the supervision of the professors Sharif Lotfi, Amir Eslami, Saeed Honarmand and Ehsan Zabihifar.

artwork

After graduation from the bachelor degree in Persian music, he pursued his artistic activities in the fields of conducting and teaching. The following is a list of some of his art activities:

Co-operation and performance of the concert with Soran music band under the supervision and composition of Ramin Safaee.
Performance in the concert with the Moje-no Orchestra by composing of Ali Ghamsari and Mohammad Motamedi in Vahdat and Roodaki Hall.
Performance in the concert with the Musighie-no Orchestra by Alireza Mashayekhi as the conductor in Rudaki Hall.
Performance in many concerts with different Persian music groups in Tehran and various cities of Iran.