After Ravi Shankar's spoken introduction of "Raga Sindhi-Bhairavi" (PL 8-21), the piece begins with

A. a rhythmic cycle of 16-beats.
B. the main composition section called gat.
C. an improvised, non-metric alap.
D. all of the above.


Answer: C

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