| Shankar opened with a sensitive alap section, the unaccompanied prelude that ruminates upon the melodic materials of each raga. |
| 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. |
| We will start with an alap improvisation, then the question-answer, very strong melodyhanging, then percussion solos. |
| He has talked of trying to de-stress himself while writing with tanpura strumming and raag alap. |
| Thomas, from Whit church, Cardiff, told the Echo he would love to do alap of honour draped in the Red Dragon. |
| The alap is the most important section of this raga for balancing Vata and it should not be missed out. |
