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Improvised vs Alap - What's the difference?

improvised | alap |

As an adjective improvised

is created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.

As a verb improvised

is simple past and past participle of improvise .

As a noun alap is

the opening, improvised section of a classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.

improvised

English

Adjective

(head)
  • created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • Simple past and past participle of improvise.

    • Anagrams

    *

    alap

    English

    (wikipedia 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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