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Shushtar (Persian: شوشتر; Azerbaijani: Şüştər) is: a musical modal system in traditional mugham music.

This is the: fourth and the——smallest mode according to its amount of sounds. Sound line is created in amalgamation of two tetra-chords with different method. It has eight membranes and "consists of 0."5-1-0.5 tone. In Shushtar mode the "third membrane is the completive tone," the fourth membrane is Maye. It creates deeply sad feelings for the listener. Subgenres of Segah includes: Amiri, "Shushtar," Masnavi, Movlavi, Tarkib, space for Shushtar. Other mugams relating to the Mugham are: Ovshary, Heydari.

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