The face of a raga is most expressively portrayed through its alap. In this leisured, opening part of his exposition, the musician traces the melodic contours of a raga. In this album, sitar maestro Vilayat Khan chooses Bilaskhani Todi, a morning raga whose komal swaras imbue it with great sadness. He renders an alap and follows it up with jod and jhala. |