My notes on the 3rd and 4th section of the alap in #RaagYaman transcribed from a recent lesson. Rather than use normal shorthand notation for the ornamentation I wrote out each note of the ornament. The v mark is a plucked note while the rest are glides. Yaman is parallel to Lydian mode. The notes are
SRGMPDN=
1 2 3 #4 5 6 7

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Westerners tend to think of Indian classical music as loose #improvisation but the exact opposite is true. Even the opening free time #alap section of a #raga is organized into chapters. #DebashishBhattacharya explains how he organizes alap in #RaagYaman.

https://youtu.be/odXQw1J4uho

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