InHindustani music,meend (Hindi:मींड,Urdu:مینڈ) refers to aglide from one note to another.[1] It is an essential performance practice, and is used often in vocal and instrumental music. On theveena,sitar,sarangi and other plucked stringed instruments, it is usually done by pushing the strings across the frets to vary their effective length and tension; compareportamento andfinger vibrato. This can be done on wind instruments like thebansuri by using the fingers to cover the holes in a manner that the changes between discrete pitches are imperceptible. It is considered a sort ofalankar, or ornament.
Meend is an important part of any classical performance; however, it is a technique not possible on ahand-held harmonium often used in musical concerts (or on thesantoor). For this reason, traditionalists singingkhyal prefer an accompaniment on an instrument such as asarangi that can performmeend.[2]
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