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Definition of 'alap'Alternative forms
*alaap
*alapa
Noun
( en-noun)
The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
*1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 176:
*:The alaap is the part of our classical music that I like best. It is an inward voyage, an odyssey into the unknown.
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