Mirza Sadygjan

Mirza Sadyg Asad оglu, Sadygjan was born in 1846 in Shusha and died in Shusha in 1902. When he was 17-18 Mirza Sadyg learned to play a pipe, flute and kamancha, received tar lessons at a class of known musician Mirza Ali Asker Garabagi. It was the popular virtuosic tar player (tarzen) in Transcaucasia and in Iran.

 He accompanied on tar known khanendes (singers) Hajy Husu, Mashadi Isi, Keshtazly Hashym, Abdulbagi Zulalov and Djabbar Garjagdy oglu. He acted in “the East concert” in Shusha. In 1890 gave concerts in many cities of Azerbaijan, Ashgabat, Tehran, in Istanbul with the ensemble created by him.

 In 1897 he was the founder of musical part of one act performance “Majnun over a coffin of Leyli” in Shusha. In 1875-78 changed structure of tar, according to the Azerbaijan national music and mugam, adjusted a sound line of tar, constructed them in a chromatic order. He added to tar onomatopoeia and the root strings, which number was increased from 5 to 11. He has added a wooden rack in a wooden bowl in order to stop a tension of tar. In the first He firstly performed tar on chest which before was performed on knees.

 Sadygjan improved style of performance on tar and lifted it to the highest level of solo instrument. Created by him model of tar, was widespread in Transcaucasia, Dagestan, Central Asia and in Iran. He was known for his appointing membrane “zabul”, adding new sections “Segah”, “Mahur” to mugam. He is the author of many tasnifs, songs and rengs. Tar performers (tarzens) as Gurban Primov, Mashadi Zeynal, Malybeyli Hamid, Mashadi Djamil Amirov, Shirin Akhundov became alumni of school Mirza Sadyg Asad oglu.