| The alap is the most important section of this raga for balancing Vata and it should not be missed out. |
| The short melodic phrases that wind up the alap here are unmistakably reminiscent of the slower but more abundant style of the rabab. |
| We will start with an alap improvisation, then the question-answer, very strong melodyhanging, then percussion solos. |
| The characteristic tone of his bin with its prolonged resonance, mingled with rich and harmonic sounds, lends itself wonderfully well to the unhurried unfolding of the alap he performed brilliantly. |
| To transport the meditative, profound, cooling and soothing feeling of alap into the gat, Abhijit Banerjee uses a larger tabla with more bass, which he plays in a manner suitable to the theme. |
| This gliding technique allows him to play alap, the slow improvised invocation of a raga. |
