The musical centerpiece of a Carnatic performance segment is the
A. improvised section, or tanam.
B. improvised drum solo, or tani avartanam.
C. section of “imagined notes” in the kalpana svaras.
D. kriti, a melody with words, sung or not.
ANS: D. kriti, a melody with words, sung or not.
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