Mugham triads

Mugham trio or mugham triads (Azerbaijani: Muğam üçlüyü) is a classical ensemble of three Azerbaijani national musical instruments: tar, kamancheh, and qaval performers.^[1] It is a traditional musical group of Azerbaijani musicians who perform the mugham repertoire and represent the ensemble of khanandas and sazandas.^[2]

The performance of the muğam trio is called a complete vocal-instrumental mugham dastgah.^[3] The dastgah represents the entire mugham, including its form, all sections and branches, as well as the sequential performance of each section or diringah. The sections that make up the mugham composition are improvised recitative with melody, which determine the musical-poetic content of the work. These are alternated with songs that have a precise rhythm, as well as dance episodes. The song episodes are called tasnif, while the dance episodes are called rang.^[3]