Shaahin Mohajeri
Shaahin mohajeri or Shahin mohajeri ,(in Persian شاهین مهاجری) born 26 July 1971 in Tehran, Iran is a Tombak player, Tombak Researcher and microtonal composer. He has B.A in geology from Tehran university.
He composes music for solo of tombak and tombak group with different pitches, ranging from traditional to his personal style.
He is working on a new musical notation system for tombak as a result of acoustical parameters and a system of fingering classification for this drum .
As a microtonalist, he works on different tuning systems such as :
· Equal divisions of length(EDL)
· Arithmetic irrational divisions of octave AIDO(or nonoctave,interval)
· Arithmetic rational divisions of octave ARDO(or nonoctave,interval)
· Equal divisions of octave
· Arithmetic divisions of length (ADL)
Some of his tuning models is used in scala , a powerful software tool for experimentation with musical tunings.
Some links:
http://www.96edo.com/default.htm
http://sites.google.com/site/acousticsoftombak/home