Aalap and Jor

Name: Aalap and Jor
Duration: 23 min 34 s
Description: Fifteen minutes of aalap, the raag opened one note at a time with no pulse to lean on. Then jor, where the chikari strings start keeping time and the phrases tighten around them. Bhimpalasi's komal Ga and Ni carry most of its feeling, and the aalap is mostly about letting them settle. It's practice, recorded as it was.

Raag: Raag Bhimpalasi
Sa: D
Duration: 23:34
Maker: Shahidali Sitarmakers

Fifteen minutes of aalap, the raag opened one note at a time with no pulse to lean on. Then jor, where the chikari strings start keeping time and the phrases tighten around them. Bhimpalasi's komal Ga and Ni carry most of its feeling, and the aalap is mostly about letting them settle. It's practice, recorded as it was.

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