Describe what you hear in the pitch aspects of the melody in this section that relates to the definition of kalpana svaras in WOM, p207

What will be an ideal response?


•The melody is made up of notes which are repeated many times. In the kalpana svaras ("imagined notes") section of an instrumental performance, the "musicians articulate or pluck each note."

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