A Nahawand-family branch that begins in a Nahawand way, then shows its distinction in the upper register through the wider interval between the sixth and seventh.

Nahawand Kabir is a branch of the Nahawand family. It is very close to Nahawand in the general lower trunk, but differs from it in the upper region, especially in the treatment of the sixth and seventh degrees.

The nearest practical sayr of Nahawand Kabir begins from Jins Nahawand on the root, establishing the tonic and the lower trunk as in ordinary Nahawand. But when it expands upward, it does not remain in the upper form of small Nahawand. Instead, it reveals the upper difference that distinguishes Nahawand Kabir, namely the pattern in which the interval between the sixth and seventh becomes wider and gives the maqam a broader feel in the upper register. The line then returns in the end to the Nahawand tonic.

• The tonic on which Nahawand is transposed, often Rast (C)
• Nawa (G): the fifth and the main point of expansion inside the family
• The upper region where the distinguishing difference of the sixth and seventh becomes audible

• Nahawand Kabir is neither Nahawand Kurdi nor Nahawand Murassa
• Its decisive difference is not Kurd on the fifth nor Hijaz on the fourth, but the structure of the upper register
• The real difference appears in the ascent at the sixth and seventh degrees
• The final tonic remains Nahawand despite the change in the upper region

• Stabilize Nahawand on the root
• Ascend to Nawa (G)
• Reveal the special upper form of Nahawand Kabir
• Confirm the difference in the sixth and seventh
• Return to the Nahawand tonic

• The essential difference appears in the upper register, not in the first lower trunk
• If the upper region remains in the form of small Nahawand, the special identity of Nahawand Kabir is lost
• It is a branch that shares the first scale-segment with Nahawand, then differs from it in the completion of the maqam
• Its name comes from the fact that the interval between the sixth and seventh is larger than in the form of small Nahawand